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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001083 | channel: elrepo/el8 | --elrepo--request-for-enhancement-- | public | 2021-03-16 21:00 | 2021-03-21 18:51 |
| Reporter | kilaviljenn | Assigned To | pperry | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Platform | x86_64 | OS | RHEL | OS Version | 8.3 |
| Summary | 0001083: Can you please provide kmod-r8168 for RHEL 8.3? | ||||
| Description | Please build kmod-r8168 for RHEL 8.3 kernel version 4.18.0-240.15.1.el8_3.x86_64 | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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Hi, Yes, we can certainly look at this for you, but I'm wondering why the need? What is wrong with the distro driver (r8169) in your case? |
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Hi, the network card doesn't show up: 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: wlp8s0f4u2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 <-- this is my external wifi dongle link/ether e0:b9:4d:b0:82:b4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.0.126/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic noprefixroute wlp8s0f4u2 valid_lft 602221sec preferred_lft 602221sec inet6 fe80::2ea3:e4c0:5302:656d/64 scope link noprefixroute valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: virbr0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:58:d8:e7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.122.1/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global virbr0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 4: virbr0-nic: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master virbr0 state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 52:54:00:58:d8:e7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff But the device shows up in lspci: ~]$ lspci -nn |grep -i net 05:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 29) dmesg shows the following error: ~]$ dmesg | grep XID [ 2.692463] r8169 0000:05:00.1: unknown chip XID 54b reloading the realtek and r8169 modules did nothing - so I hoped that kmod-r8168 would solve this. This is as far as I got with the rhel 8.3 iso and updates :-/ Any help is highly appreciated |
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r8169 should be the correct module for your device, but I've not seen that error before. I will create an r8168 driver package for you and let you know here when ready to test. |
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I have built and uploaded kmod-r8168 package for you, it should be available on mirror sites shortly: kmod-r8168-8.048.03-1.el8_3.elrepo.src.rpm kmod-r8168-8.048.03-1.el8_3.elrepo.x86_64.rpm The driver blacklists the r8169 distro driver to ensure it is not loaded / interfering with r8168. Please test to ensure the driver works for you. I would install and then reboot the system. You should b able to see r8168 module loaded and bound to the network interface. The r8169 driver should not be loaded. You should be able to configure the network interface normally in Network Manager. Thanks |
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Thanks! I now have a working network interface! You made my day :) ~]$ dmesg| grep r8168 [ 2.495141] r8168: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel. [ 2.498312] r8168: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel [ 2.499210] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.048.03-NAPI loaded [ 2.499221] r8168 0000:05:00.1: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control [ 2.517538] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625. [ 2.519634] r8168 Copyright (C) 2020 Realtek NIC software team <nicfae@realtek.com> [ 2.524418] r8168 0000:05:00.1 eno1: renamed from eth0 [ 12.394855] r8168: eno1: link up |
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Great, and thank you for the feedback. Marking as fixed - please feel free to file new bugs if you have any issues |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2021-03-16 21:00 | kilaviljenn | New Issue | |
| 2021-03-16 21:00 | kilaviljenn | Status | new => assigned |
| 2021-03-16 21:00 | kilaviljenn | Assigned To | => toracat |
| 2021-03-17 00:17 | toracat | Assigned To | toracat => pperry |
| 2021-03-17 04:11 | pperry | Note Added: 0007499 | |
| 2021-03-17 04:24 | pperry | Note Edited: 0007499 | |
| 2021-03-21 10:50 | kilaviljenn | Note Added: 0007513 | |
| 2021-03-21 12:32 | pperry | Note Added: 0007514 | |
| 2021-03-21 13:36 | pperry | Note Added: 0007515 | |
| 2021-03-21 17:52 | kilaviljenn | Note Added: 0007516 | |
| 2021-03-21 18:51 | pperry | Note Added: 0007517 | |
| 2021-03-21 18:51 | pperry | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2021-03-21 18:51 | pperry | Resolution | open => fixed |
