Re: [gentoo-user] Realtek r8169 realtek.ko not loaded.

[William Kenworthy]

Here is one of mine: its part of openrc -  if you don't have it you
might be using systemd which should have something similar.

moriah ~ # cat /etc/conf.d/modules
# Linux users can define a list of modules for a specific kernel version,
# a released kernel version, a main kernel version or all kernel versions.
# The most specific versioned variable will take precedence.
# FreeBSD users can only use the modules="foo bar" setting.
#modules_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
#modules_2_6_23="tun ieee1394"
#modules_2_6="tun"
#modules_2="ipv6"
#modules="ohci1394"

# Linux users can give modules a different name when they load - the new
name
# will also be used to pick arguments below.
# This is not supported on FreeBSD.
#modules="dummy:dummy1"

# Linux users can give the modules some arguments if needed, per version
# if necessary.
# Again, the most specific versioned variable will take precedence.
# This is not supported on FreeBSD.
#module_ieee1394_args="debug"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="debug2"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6_23="debug3"
#module_ieee1394_args_2_6="debug4"
#module_ieee1394_args_2="debug5"

# You should consult your kernel documentation and configuration
# for a list of modules and their options.

modules="forcedeth nouveau"

On 17/5/20 7:29 pm, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 17. Mai 2020, 10:24:00 CEST schrieb William Kenworthy:
>> Easiest would be to put it in /etc/conf.d/modules and rebuild the
>> initrd.  Genkernel picks it up from there.  You could also ask genkernel
>> to add all built modules to the initrd via its config file.
>>
> Whats the format of that file?
>
> Alex
>
>
>
>> BillK
>>
>> On 17/5/20 4:07 pm, Alexander Puchmayr wrote:
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I just upgraded an older notebook with r8169 network chip to new kernel
>>> 5.4
>>> (sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.28) with genkernel.
>>> After booting the new kernel the network adapter was not initialized, no
>>> network interface eth0.
>>> Dmesg says
>>> [    6.390973] r8169 0000:08:00.0: realtek.ko not loaded, maybe it needs
>>> to be added to initramfs?
>>> [    6.392864] r8169: probe of 0000:08:00.0 failed with error -2
>>>
>>> After searching with google I found a thread in the kernel mailing list
>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204343
>>> The cause is a soft depencency to module realtek.ko, which needs to be
>>> loaded first.
>>>
>>> Doing this manually, i.e. rmmod r8169 && modprobe realtek && modprobe
>>> r8169
>>> works fine; network interface eth0 gets configured and is operating.
>>>
>>> Since the kernel loads the network module before systemd is running, it
>>> has to be configured in initrd somehow.
>>> So, the final question is, how to get that into initrd with genkernel?
>>> I need to add something like this
>>>
>>> cat /etc/modprobe.d/realtek
>>> Softdep r8169 pre: realtek
>>>
>>> How do I get this into initrd with genkernel-next?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
>>> 	Alex
>>>
>>> PS
>>> Profile:
>>> default/linux/amd64/17.0/desktop/plasma/systemd
>>>
>>> Relevant packages:
>>> sys-apps/gentoo-systemd-integration-7
>>> sys-apps/kmod-26-r5
>>> sys-apps/systemd-244.3
>>> sys-kernel/genkernel-next-69
>>> sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-5.4.28
>>>
>>> Lspci
>>> 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
>>> RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
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