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On 03/11/13 01:34, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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>>>>> config R8169 |
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>>>>> tristate "Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet support" |
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>>>>> |
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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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>>>> 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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I had my share of problems with recent kernels and Realtek 8168 so I went and bought and internal network card: |
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Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection card. |
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I did know that I'm suppose to install "sys-kernel/linux-firmware" |
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I just did (just in case) but running: dmesg | grep -i firmware |
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doesn't show that kernel is trying to load anything. |
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Joseph |