11.0-CURRENT and Lenovo ThinkPad E540: No LAN, no WiFI

From: O. Hartmann <ohartman_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:38:33 +0200
Trying to install and run FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT
(FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-amd64-20140903-r270990-memstick.img) on a new Lenovo E540 notebook
fails in activating the NIC (Realtek RTL8111/8168B, driver re[0]). The NIC shows up as
active and with carrier when issuing "ifconfig re0".

From a desktop machine, I tried to ping the system in question and I get a result with
missing packets:

ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
ping: sendto: Host is down
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=26 ttl=64 time=0.114 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=41 ttl=64 time=0.130 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=60 ttl=64 time=0.119 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=80 ttl=64 time=0.119 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=100 ttl=64 time=0.105 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=116 ttl=64 time=0.135 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.130: icmp_seq=136 ttl=64 time=0.091 ms

DHCP configuration fails, since no DHCP offer is discovered.

I swapped the switches, the cabling and I had always the same results. I used another
Laptop, Dell Latitude E6510 with the same configuration (/etc/rc.conf) and that system
gets DHCP offer and is online.

Since the notebook is brandnew, the last thing I'll "suspect" is a defective NIC, so I'll
ask whether this phenomenon is known - or, if not, the results definititely would
indicate a broken NIC. 

Another point is the WiFI adaptor. This notebook is supposed to have a WiFi NIC, but it
doesn't get revealed by FreeBSD (I tried iwn/iwi without success). 

pciconf output below, sorry for the messy shape, it is a copy-and-paste from that immature
vt() terminal.

Has anyone successfully installed that type of Notebook with FreeBSD CURRENT using NIC
and Wifi?

Please CC me.


Regards
oh


[...]

none1_at_pci0:3:0:0:       class=0xff0000 card=0x502817aa chip=0x522710ec rev=0x01 hdr=0x00


    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'


    bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xf1e00000, size 4096, enabled


    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0


    cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit


    cap 10[70] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 128(128) link x1(x1)


                 speed 2.5(2.5) ASPM L0s/L1(L0s/L1)


    ecap 0001[100] = AER 2 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 0 corrected


    ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 00000001004ce000


re0_at_pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x502817aa chip=0x816810ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00


    subclass   = ethernet


    cap 01[40] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current
D0
di sabled(L0s/L1)


    cap 11[b0] = MSI-X supports 4 messages, enabled

    ecap 0001[100] = AER 2 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 4 corrected



    ecap 001e[178] = unknown 1


    class      = network


    cap 05[d0] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit


    ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 ac7ba1ffffa06fd6

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