Seeking help for "unknown product" Realtek (network card) - BSD
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I recently installed a new network card (Netgear GA311), which appears
to be based on the SIS 900 controller chip. Although it isn't listed in
the hardware compatibility list of OpenBSD 3.4, I assumed I could make
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Seeking help for "unknown product" Realtek (network card)
First time posting:
I recently installed a new network card (Netgear GA311), which appears
to be based on the SIS 900 controller chip. Although it isn't listed in
the hardware compatibility list of OpenBSD 3.4, I assumed I could make
it work. However, I am getting an "unknown product" in my dmesg and not
quite sure how to resolve this. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
problem line:
vendor "Realtek", unknown product 0x8169 (class network subclass
ethernet, rev 0x10) at pci2 dev 12 function 0 not configured
dmesg:
OpenBSD 3.4-stable (GENERIC) #0: Wed Apr 14 01:19:04 PDT 2004
root@c3.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
cpu0: Intel Pentium 4 ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.30 GHz
cpu0:
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,P GE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SIMD,SI MD2,SS,HTT,TM
real mem = 401977344 (392556K)
avail mem = 366379008 (357792K)
using 4278 buffers containing 20201472 bytes (19728K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 03/08/01, BIOS32 rev. 0 @
0xfda74
apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2
apm0: AC on, battery charge unknown
pcibios0 at bios0: rev. 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev. 1.0 @ 0xf32d0/208 (11 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82371FB PCI-ISA" rev
0x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #2 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xc400 0xcc800/0x1000
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82850 Host" rev 0x02
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel 82850/82860 AGP" rev 0x02
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Nvidia GeForce2 MX" rev 0xa1
wsdisplay0 at vga1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ppb1 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA AGP" rev 0x02
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
"Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 FireWire" rev 0x00 at pci2 dev 9 function
0 not configured
eap0 at pci2 dev 10 function 0 "Ensoniq AudioPCI97" rev 0x09: irq 11
ac97: codec id 0x43525914 (Cirrus Logic CS4297A rev 4)
ac97: codec features headphone, 20 bit DAC, 18 bit ADC, Crystal Semi 3D
audio0 at eap0
vendor "Realtek", unknown product 0x8169 (class network subclass
ethernet, rev 0x10) at pci2 dev 12 function 0 not configured
vendor "PCTEL", unknown product 0x7897 (class communications subclass
modem, rev 0x02) at pci2 dev 13 function 0 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801BA LPC" rev 0x02
pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801BA IDE" rev 0x02: DMA,
channel 0 wired to compatibility, channel 1 wired to compatibility
wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0:
wd0: 8-sector PIO, LBA, 38172MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 78177792
sectors
wd1 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1:
wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 38166MB, 16383 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec,
78165360 sectors
wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
wd1(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: SCSI0
5/cdrom removable
atapiscsi1 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1
scsibus1 at atapiscsi1: 2 targets
cd1 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: SCSI0 5/cdrom
removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 3
cd1(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2
uhci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801BA USB" rev 0x02: irq 5
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
"Intel 82801BA SMBus" rev 0x02 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 not configured
uhci1 at pci0 dev 31 function 4 "Intel 82801BA USB2" rev 0x02: irq 9
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0:
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask c260 netmask c260 ttymask d2e2
pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled
dkcsum: wd0 matched BIOS disk 80
wd1: no disk label
dkcsum: wd1 matched BIOS disk 81
root on wd0a
rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302
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Re: Seeking help for "unknown product" Realtek (network card)
> I recently installed a new network card (Netgear GA311), which appears
> to be based on the SIS 900 controller chip. Although it isn't listed in
> the hardware compatibility list of OpenBSD 3.4, I assumed I could make
> it work. However, I am getting an "unknown product" in my dmesg and not
> quite sure how to resolve this. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Upgrade to at least OpenBSD 3.6, earlier releases do not support this
hardware.
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Re: Seeking help for "unknown product" Realtek (network card)
Thanks for this information.
Miod Vallat wrote:
> > I recently installed a new network card (Netgear GA311), which appears
> > to be based on the SIS 900 controller chip. Although it isn't listed in
> > the hardware compatibility list of OpenBSD 3.4, I assumed I could make
> > it work. However, I am getting an "unknown product" in my dmesg and not
> > quite sure how to resolve this. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Upgrade to at least OpenBSD 3.6, earlier releases do not support this
> hardware.
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Re: Seeking help for "unknown product" Realtek (network card)
chestrix wrote:
> First time posting:
> I recently installed a new network card (Netgear GA311), which appears
> to be based on the SIS 900 controller chip. Although it isn't listed in
> the hardware compatibility list of OpenBSD 3.4, I assumed I could make
> it work. However, I am getting an "unknown product" in my dmesg and not
> quite sure how to resolve this. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
How about upgrading to something remotely modern? There are many known
issues with OpenBSD 3.4, most of which actually appear on the errata
pages.
> problem line:
> vendor "Realtek", unknown product 0x8169 (class network subclass
> ethernet, rev 0x10) at pci2 dev 12 function 0 not configured
According to your dmesg, the driver does not recognize the card. This is
quite possible, especially if the hardware is newer than the driver.
You might want to look at the changes on files in the relevant portion
of the source tree - apart from the driver itself,
/usr/src/sys/dev/pci/pcidevs. However, it's better to upgrade.
(Note: I do not know whether or not this card is supported at all!)
Joachim