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On 10/03/13 21:04, Daniel Wagener wrote: |
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> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:49:02 -0600 |
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> Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> Mmmh. What sources do you use? In vanilla-sources-3.8.2, there is a |
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>>>> r8169 driver: |
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>>>> ./drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c |
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>>>> config R8169 |
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>>>> tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" |
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>>>> Say Y here if you have a Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit |
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>>>> Ethernet adapter. |
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>>>> |
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>>>> To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the |
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>>>> module will be called r8169. This is recommended. |
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>>> |
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>>> oh great, so I actually mixed it up… |
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>>> the 8169 is in the Kernel yes, but what i need is the 8168 |
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>> The in-kernel drive (supposedly) supports 8168: |
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>> r8169.c: RealTek 8169/8168/8101 ethernet driver. |
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> Thanks for encouraging me, the in-kernel driver actually works. |
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Note that you also need to emerge sys-kernel/linux-firmware. The driver |
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will work without it, but the ethernet connection can hang after an hour |
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or so. |
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You can verify whether you need to install the firmware or not by |
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inspecting the kernel log: |
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dmesg | grep -i firmware |
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This should show the kernel trying to load the firmware for your R8168 |
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chip but failing. |
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