DaemonES Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 (edited) Hi guys. More than one weak ago I\'ve started writing driver for Realtek controllers. At this time I have some results, I've not tested all features, cause I have no such opportunity, but MacOS successfully communicate with WinXP system through my driver. It works on RTL8169, RTL8168, RTL8110, RTL8111, RTL8100, RTL8101 chips and their modifications. I have some driver programming skills under WinXP, but MacOS and IOKit are new things for me, so be careful when using my driver. You can freely load it and unload, but only once at one system boot (cause more loads may cause system crash, I\'m planning to fix it). Use sh scenarios for loading/unloading driver. Now I\'m planing to add such features: - Manual MTU control (now it fixed at 1500). - Jumbo frame support. - Wake on magic packet. Thanks to the: - author of Linux R1000 driver. - NeoPheus for installer. Great job, thanks. Share your knowledge so much as you can. Compiled with XCode 2.4 on OSX 10.4.6 JaS Install DVD. Visit to project page for the latest driver and installer. https://sourceforge.net/projects/realtekr1000/ Edited January 31, 2007 by DaemonES 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Ok, version 1.01. - Minor fixes to avoid memory leaks. - Fixed bug with multiple loading/unloading. - Fixed bug with ouput packet dropping. - Implemented some features, like link status and speed reporting. Dynamic MTU implemented, but not active. First you must load debug version (in terminal type sh loaddebug). If everything is OK type sh unloaddebug. After that install release version (sh installrelease). Release version faster, that debug, cause debug version logging every packet and every OS system call. See attachment in head post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggh Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Great work, we all appriciate it. This is exactly what I needed. It will get tested over the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopazBar Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Thanks DaemonEs, I just tried debug version, and it recognized the RTL8111B. Way cool, dude. Now, where is that long ethernet cable? EDIT: I will add more info as I get more testing done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Now, where is that long ethernet cable? What exactly do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoooah Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Thanks ^^ it works fine^^ when i use sh senario, there is some error message (about permission/ownership) so i try to do step by step. before "sudo kextload -t RealtekR1000.kext"... type "cd /System/Library/Extensions" and...everythings gonna be happy^^ ASROCK ConroeXfire eSata2 ... onboard Realtek Lan card ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopazBar Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 What exactly do you mean? It was kind of joke to myself. I have been using wireless connection to my router. So I gave away cables to friends. Now, I have to get some back to test out wired LAN, or move my router closer to my workstation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Ok, I'm really new with this so don't eat me I loaded the driver and nothing bad happens, the network utility tells me the interface en0 is rtl8168/8111b so this is good nothing runs though; link status says "inactive" and there's no led activity I also noticed that in system profiler the realtekr1000 extension has an unsatisfied dependency (com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily no valid version can be found)... I have version 1.5.0 running... am i missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 hoooah Fine TopazBar ok waiting for results. sunriis try to unload kext, and than load it with ket -t: sudo -s cd /System/Library/Extensions kextunload RealtekR1000.kext kextload -t RealtekR1000.kext Terminal will show you additional info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Neo Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 hoooah Fine :censored2:TopazBar ok waiting for results. sunriis try to unload kext, and than load it with ket -t: sudo -s cd /System/Library/Extensions kextunload RealtekR1000.kext kextload -t RealtekR1000.kext Terminal will show you additional info. I only can say: IT WORKS FOR ME!!!! This is great, thank you very very very much! Its a RTL8111B! Wow this is amazing! :pirate2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberracus Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 please may i have step by step installing instructions.. THANKS!!! (i can't select the directory to start from i think...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 aberracus open teriminal window, than open RealtekR1000 dir from terminal and type sh installrelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Wow, great work man, i just bough ta new board for another Conroe of mine and it had 8111B now it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I only can say: IT WORKS FOR ME!!!!This is great, thank you very very very much! Its a RTL8111B! Wow this is amazing! still no go for me... I tried to reload with -t option, it says loaded succesfully, but it still says link status inactive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopazBar Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 DaemonES, I finally got the cable I needed, and I'm posting this message using your driver thru RTL8111B chip. Man, this is way COOL. Good job !!!! EDIT: I just open up a terminal and typed "./installrelease". Then after about 20 seconds later, OSX configured network, and I'm online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 btw, I have an Asus a6ja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Good news, it seems that RTL8111B works well, updating HCL wiki page. sunriis have you another network equipment to test your network connection on OSX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 not really; I have a intel 3945ABG wich has no support yet and FYI the NIC works well in windows and thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 OK. Let's try something else... 1. Open terminal window: tail -f /var/log/system.log And then ok. 2. Open new terminal shell and load debug version of kext. 3. After few minutes copy all info from first terminal and send it to me DaemonES at gmail dot com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecnoworld Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 is anybody able to port the Sound Blaster Live! drivers from Linux to Mac OS? http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/ what I really need is a SPDIF out, and I own this card (which is now really cheap to buy, too, so it could be a great choice for those who need SPDIF like me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Neo Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Just want to say: A easy installer is on its way! You can download it from my website this afternoon (06:00 PM)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainman01 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I only can say: IT WORKS FOR ME!!!!This is great, thank you very very very much! Its a RTL8111B! Wow this is amazing! I am also trying to get this to work on my askrock conroe945g-dvi but it doesn't seem to be working. Can you tell me exactly what you did to install the driver? I downloaded the 1.02 drivers, unzipped it, opened a terminal and ran the shell script "installrelease". It said the driver loaded successfully, but it's not showing up in the networking control panel nor system profiler. Thansk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 OK. Let's try something else...1. Open terminal window: tail -f /var/log/system.log And then ok. 2. Open new terminal shell and load debug version of kext. 3. After few minutes copy all info from first terminal and send it to me DaemonES at gmail dot com. mail sent, thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaemonES Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 sunriis You NIC card also reports that link is down (OSX may reports wrong link state), but driver works well (i.e. starts and enables NIC). It maybe due several reasons: 1. Damaged Ethernet cable. 2. Your router (or another machine) can’t autonegotiate. Try to set NIC speed and duplex manually (Network options -> Built in Ethernet – last tab). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriis Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Yep! That was it! Thanks a lot! I'm online too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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