ASUS XG-C100C does not work on 15.1

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It seems, there are two versions of that card on the market.
The older ones works without driver on 15.1.
Under 15.0 I compiled the atlantic.ko without problems.

But I am not able to get the newer ones to run under 15.1.
15.1 recognizes that card, but no way to edit something, or get a link.

When I try to compile the ASUS driver XG-C100C_v.5.0.1.6, I get errors:
aq_compat.h:30:20: error: redefinition of ‘timer_setup’
/usr/src/linux-4.12.14-lp151.28.4/include/linux/timer.h:175:20: note: previous definition of ‘timer_setup’ was here
static inline void timer_setup(struct timer_list *timer,

The same error happens, if I try to use the source of aquantia.

Any ideas?

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Hi, welcome !!!

What you could try is booting from a Tumbleweed live USB, and check whether TW’s kernel supports the device ( IMO it should ). Once you’ve found that it indeed does, you can add the kernel repo and install the latest kernel.

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Please post:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net

and

lsusb

aq_compat.h:30:20: error: redefinition of ‘timer_setup’

I think the driver has to patch to get them working with Leap 15.1…

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I tested with: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20190617-Media.iso
Network with ASUS XG-C100C works perfect. No driver needed.
Here are the outputs:

/sbin/lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 net
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Aquantia Corp. AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE 802.3bz Ethernet Controller [AQtion] [1d6a:07b1] (rev 02)
    Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8741]
    Kernel driver in use: atlantic
    Kernel modules: atlantic

lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0557:2213 ATEN International Co., Ltd CS682 2-Port USB 2.0 DVI KVM Switch
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0557:8021 ATEN International Co., Ltd Hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1516:8628 CompUSA Pen Drive
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5151 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

How to get that driver on Tumbleweed to 15.1?

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Please use Code-Tags for the Terminal Output, it is the small # in the Editor.

Your Ethernet Card is not inside the Leap 15.1 Kernel:

modprobeid 1d6a:07b1
Kernelmodulname
modinfo: ERROR: Module  not found.

So you can add the kernel:stable Repo but:
No extra drivers build for Leap 15.1 (f.e. broadcom-wl or nvidia from the Repo) will not work anymore.

The driver you want to build has to patch to get them building on Leap 15.1…

PS:
modprobeid is a script and not in any distribution…

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Download the driver from:
https://www.aquantia.com/support/driver-download/
Its the AQC107

Unpack it.
Unpack atlantic.tar.gz
Goto the Linux directory.
Change line 25 in aq_compat.h from:

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)

to

#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 12, 0)

Run in this directory as User:

make

and than Point 5 and more in the README.txt of the driver.