Will the r8152-kmp-default driver be ported for the Leap 15.5 6.3+ kernel?

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#1

I’ve been using Saurland’s updated r8152 driver with the 5.14 kernel while Leap was in Beta. Now that it’s released, I switched to the backported 6.3.5 drive to enable the amd_pstate_EPP cpu frequency driver. However, that forced me back to the old r8152 driver built into the kernel-default package. Will that change in the future?

Thanks,

Gene

#2

That should have been 6.3.5 kernel.

Gene

#3

Does the builtin driver not work?

I could build the r8152 for kernel:stable:backports.

#4

I installed your driver when I purchased the USB to Ethernet adapter, so I’m testing the original driver now. So far, it seems to be OK, although I won’t be able to benchmark them for speed comparison. If you do build if for kernel:stable:backports, I’ll test both of them.

Thanks,

Gene

#5

Its build for kernel:stable:backports

#6

Thanks for the quick response! The builtin r8152 driver version is 1.12.13, and your version is 2.16.3. I booted each driver 3 times and ran two speed tests during each boot. Here are the download/upload results in Mbps:

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Version 1.12.3: 224/24, 237/24; 905/24, 925/24; 270/24, 319/24
Version 2.16.3: 925/24, 923,24; 489/25, 588/25; 929/24, 929/24

Your driver looks faster and more consistent than the older version built into the kernel, so I will definitely continue using it as long as it’s available.

Thanks again,

Gene

#7

I’m curious about one thing, though. I’ve installed that driver on Leap 15.4, 15.5, and Tumbleweed. The r8168 packages, r8168-kmp-default, r8168-blacklist-r8169, and r8168-ueficert are always installed as well. Is that because of a necessary dependency? None of the machines need the r8168 packages.

Thanks,

Gene

#8

No, no necessary dependencies, you can delete and blacklist.
That driver will only support the r8168 chip:

 modinfo r8168
filename:       /lib/modules/5.14.21-150400.24.63-default/updates/r8168.ko.xz
version:        8.051.02-NAPI
license:        GPL
description:    RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver
author:         Realtek and the Linux r8168 crew <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
suserelease:    SLE15-SP4
srcversion:     88FD0D08921A2672A714AC0
alias:          pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004B10bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00002600sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00002502sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008161sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008168sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
#9

Strangely, I get this message when attempting to delete the r8168 packages:

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sudo zypper remove r8168*
Reading installed packages…
Resolving package dependencies…
3 Problems:
Problem: the installed r8152-kmp-default-2.16.3_k6.4.0_rc3_2.g0fce5ba-10.132.x86_64 requires ‘r8168-blacklist-r8169’, but this requirement cannot be provided
Problem: the installed r8152-kmp-default-2.16.3_k6.4.0_rc4_1.g2e9e157-10.135.x86_64 requires ‘r8168-blacklist-r8169’, but this requirement cannot be provided
Problem: the installed r8152-kmp-default-2.16.3_k6.4.0_rc4_2.gaaa531f-10.139.x86_64 requires ‘r8168-blacklist-r8169’, but this requirement cannot be provided

Am I missing something? The only way to remove them is to “break” the 8152 packages.

When I do that, I get these error messsages:

Blockquote
Continue? [y/n/v/…? shows all options] (y): y
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /var/tmp/weak-modules2.GAQ2Vx/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod exited with error 1
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /var/tmp/weak-modules2.GAQ2Vx/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod exited with error 1
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /var/tmp/weak-modules2.GAQ2Vx/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod exited with error 1
(1/6) Removing r8168-kmp-default-8.051.02_k6.4.0_rc5_1.g2cab33e-68.142.x86_64 …[done]
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /var/tmp/weak-modules2.B1MeCU/6.4.0-rc4-2.gaaa531f-default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc4-2.gaaa531f-default: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod exited with error 1
depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /var/tmp/weak-modules2.B1MeCU/6.4.0-rc4-2.gaaa531f-default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc4-2.gaaa531f-default: No such file or directory
depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
depmod exited with error 1

Thanks,
Gene

#10

OOps my fault in building, I have deleted it…

#11

default/usr/lib/modules/6.4.0-rc4-2.gaaa531f-default: No such file or directory

This is kernel:head, not kernel:stable:backports…

Post your Repolist:
zypper lr -d

And your running kernel:
uname -a

#12

Sorry for that confusion, I first tried deleting it from my TW installation, so that’s the system I posted about. Now that TW is working, I’ll try the leap installation. This is for the system I posted about:

Blockquote
uname -r
6.4.0-rc5-1.g2cab33e-default
cat /etc/os-release
NAME=“openSUSE Tumbleweed”

Gene

#13

Do not mix, we are here on Leap 15.5, not Tumbleweed with kernel:head…

So please post the list and the kernel version from Leap 15.5…

#14

Sure. This may just be a timing issue, but there was still a dependency for r8168-ueficert when I removed the r8168 packages from this Leap box.

uname -r
6.3.5-lp154.4.g6db9c44-default

sudo zypper repos -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

—±----------------------------±------------------±--------±----------±--------±---------±-------±---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Kernel_stable_Backport | Kernel builds f-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 80 | rpm-md | /repositories/Kernel:/stable:/Backport/standard - openSUSE Download |
2 | games | openSUSE Games → | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /repositories/games/15.5 - openSUSE Download |
3 | home_Sauerland | Sauerland’s Hom-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /repositories/home:/Sauerland/openSUSE_Leap_15.5 - openSUSE Download |
4 | home_Sauerland_hardware | Hardware (Kerne-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 90 | rpm-md | /repositories/home:/Sauerland:/hardware/Kernel_stable_Backport - openSUSE Download |
5 | packman | packman | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 90 | rpm-md | Index of /pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.5/ |
6 | repo-backports-debug-update | Update reposito-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /update/leap/15.5/backports_debug - openSUSE Download |
7 | repo-backports-update | Update reposito-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /update/leap/15.5/backports - openSUSE Download |
8 | repo-debug | Debug Repository | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /debug/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss - openSUSE Download |
9 | repo-debug-non-oss | Debug Repositor-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /debug/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/non-oss - openSUSE Download |
10 | repo-debug-update | Update Reposito-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /debug/update/leap/15.5/oss - openSUSE Download |
11 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | Update Reposito-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | /debug/update/leap/15.5/non-oss - openSUSE Download |
12 | repo-non-oss | Non-OSS Reposit-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /distribution/leap/15.5/repo/non-oss - openSUSE Download |
13 | repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | Index of /openh264/openSUSE_Leap |
14 | repo-oss | Main Repository | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss - openSUSE Download |
15 | repo-sle-debug-update | Update reposito-> | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | rpm-md | /debug/update/leap/15.5/sle - openSUSE Download |
16 | repo-sle-update | Update reposito-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /update/leap/15.5/sle - openSUSE Download |
17 | repo-source | Source Repository | No | ---- | ---- | 99 | NONE | /source/distribution/leap/15.5/repo/oss - openSUSE Download |
18 | repo-update | Main Update Rep-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /update/leap/15.5/oss - openSUSE Download |
19 | repo-update-non-oss | Update Reposito-> | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | /update/leap/15.5/non-oss - openSUSE Download |

Gene

#15

Yes I have removed the dependency to r8168-blacklist-r8169…

So now, it should work without them.

Post:
zypper se -si r8152 r816
and as root:
lsmod | grep -Ei '815|816'

#16

Everything looks OK, as far as I can see.

sudo zypper se -si r8152 r816
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…

S | Name | Type | Version | Arch | Repository
—±------------------±--------±------------------------------------------±-------±---------------------------------
i | r8152-kmp-default | package | 2.16.3_k6.3.5_lp154.4.g6db9c44-lp154.11.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
i | r8152-kmp-default | package | 2.16.3_k6.3.6_lp154.2.gf583ba4-lp154.12.1 | x86_64 | Hardware (Kernel_stable_Backport)
i | r8152-ueficert | package | 2.16.3-lp154.12.1 | x86_64 | Hardware (Kernel_stable_Backport)

sudo lsmod | grep -Ei ‘815|816’
r8153_ecm 16384 0
r8152 311296 1 r8153_ecm
cdc_ether 28672 1 r8153_ecm
usbnet 65536 2 r8153_ecm,cdc_ether
nf_tables 348160 380 nft_ct,nft_reject_inet,nft_fib_ipv6,nft_fib_ipv4,nft_chain_nat,nft_reject,nft_fib,nft_fib_inet
kvm 1314816 1 kvm_amd
usbcore 434176 11 xhci_hcd,usbnet,usbhid,r8153_ecm,usb_storage,uvcvideo,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,uas,r8152

Thanks for your help,

Gene

#17

Ok, thanks.

So everything is working?
I can not test it, no such Hardware…

#18

Everything is working great on Leap and TW.

Thanks again,
Gene