| Port details |
- realtek-re-kmod198 Kernel driver for Realtek PCIe Ethernet Controllers
- 198.00 net
 =2      198.00Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: george@m5p.com
- Port Added: 2024-03-14 02:06:06
- Last Update: 2025-08-27 04:58:05
- Commit Hash: 3a1ad9e8
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- Also Listed In: kld
- License: BSD4CLAUSE
- WWW:
- https://github.com/alexdupre/rtl_bsd_drv
- Description:
- Realtek PCIe FE / GBE / 2.5G / Gaming Ethernet Family Controller
kernel driver.
This is the official driver from Realtek with a few patches to
improve stability and performance. It can be loaded instead of
the FreeBSD driver built into the GENERIC kernel if you experience
issues with it (eg. watchdog timeouts), or your card is not supported.
Supported devices:
* 2.5G Gigabit Ethernet
- RTL8125 / RTL8125B(S)(G)
* 10/100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet
- RTL8111B / RTL8111C / RTL8111D / RTL8111E / RTL8111F / RTL8111G(S)
RTL8111H(S) / RTL8118(A)(S) / RTL8119i / RTL8111L / RTL8111K
- RTL8168B / RTL8168E / RTL8168H
- RTL8111DP / RTL8111EP / RTL8111FP
- RTL8411 / RTL8411B
* 10/100M Fast Ethernet
- RTL8101E / RTL8102E / RTL8103E / RTL8105E / RTL8106E / RTL8107E
- RTL8401 / RTL8402
See also: https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software
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- Manual pages:
- FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - Dependency lines:
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- realtek-re-kmod198>0:net/realtek-re-kmod198
- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/net/realtek-re-kmod198/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install net/realtek-re-kmod198
- pkg install realtek-re-kmod198
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: realtek-re-kmod198
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1689608993
SHA256 (alexdupre-rtl_bsd_drv-v198.00-d3a7a3d_GH0.tar.gz) = 43ff94e41a4c674143f9a37299c40b92fd7f94a25fa33cf253114eda0f9f49fa
SIZE (alexdupre-rtl_bsd_drv-v198.00-d3a7a3d_GH0.tar.gz) = 132723
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
- This port has no dependencies.
- There are no ports dependent upon this port
Configuration Options:- No options to configure
- Options name:
- net_realtek-re-kmod198
- USES:
- kmod tar:tgz uidfix
- pkg-message:
- For install:
- Add the following lines to your /boot/loader.conf
to override the built-in FreeBSD re(4) driver.
if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
By default, the size of allocated mbufs is enough
to receive the largest Ethernet frame supported
by the card. If your memory is highly fragmented,
trying to allocate contiguous pages (more than
4096 bytes) may result in driver hangs.
For this reason the value is tunable at boot time,
e.g. if you don't need Jumbo frames you can lower
the memory requirements and avoid this issue with:
hw.re.max_rx_mbuf_sz="2048"
- Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 5
| Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page) |
| Commit | Credits | Log message |
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198.00
27 Aug 2025 04:58:05
 |
Koichiro Iwao (meta) |
net/realrek-re-kmod198: Undeprecate and pass maintainership
As discussed in bug 275883, this port is still needed by some users.
Passing maintainership to the user who is still using affected Realtek
chips.
PR: 289012 |
198.00
18 Aug 2025 14:15:03
|
Koichiro Iwao (meta) |
net/realtek-re-kmod198: extend EXPIRATION_DATE + 3 months
I pushed an unintended date.
PR: 275883 |
198.00
18 Aug 2025 04:25:25
|
Koichiro Iwao (meta) |
net/realtek-re-kmod198: Deprecate and set expiration date to 2025-12-31
This port is created to stick with version 198.00 to avoid the issue on
bug 275882. There is now a workaround, disabling checksum offloading,
so we no longer have to stick with the old version.
PR: 275882 |
198.00
01 Dec 2024 23:23:11
|
Koichiro Iwao (meta) |
net/realrek-re-kmod198: fix build on FreeBSD 15
Apply 4ca9ea9d4060a4a494456a0e56306bd508fe20e8 to this port. |
198.00
14 Mar 2024 02:03:06
|
Koichiro Iwao (meta) |
net/realrek-re-kmod198: add port for 198 version
as a workaround for bug 275882. This port can be retired when the bug is
resolved completely.
Many people need the 198 version because of the hang-up issue. Another
set of people need 199 because of another issue. This port is needed to
satisfy both sets of people until complete until a complete solution for
275882 is found.
PR: 275882
Sponsored by: Cybertrust Japan |
Number of commits found: 5
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