Installing RTl8156 ethernet drivers

    Hi everyone,


    I am using OMV with a RTL8156 based USB-to-2.5GbE ethernet adapter.

    Unfortunately, my syslog is flooded with the same two messages:

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    Jan 15 15:22:44 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16641.054209] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: 2500 mbit/s downlink 2500 mbit/s uplink

    Jan 15 15:22:44 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16641.310206] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: network connection: connected

    Jan 15 15:22:44 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16641.566204] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: 2500 mbit/s downlink 2500 mbit/s uplink

    Jan 15 15:22:44 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16641.822179] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: network connection: connected

    Jan 15 15:22:45 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16642.078202] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: 2500 mbit/s downlink 2500 mbit/s uplink

    Jan 15 15:22:45 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16642.334195] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: network connection: connected

    Jan 15 15:22:45 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16642.590197] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: 2500 mbit/s downlink 2500 mbit/s uplink

    Jan 15 15:22:45 Spatz-NAS kernel: [16642.846192] cdc_ncm 4-2:2.0 enx00e04c68016b: network connection: connected

    Besides that, the ethernet connection works fine.

    Even though the RTL8156 driver seems to be included in the latest kernels, some people on the internet recommend installing the latest driver from Realtek to keep the syslog from being flooded.

    I downloaded the r8152.53.56-2.14.0.tar from Realtek, but in it there's only a single file called "r8152.53.56-2.14.0" and nothing else. How can I install this driver on the system?


    Best regards,


    Spatz

  • KM0201

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    What version of OMV are you running and do you know what kernel you're running? That info should all be on the "Dashboard" section of the webui

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    Quote from DerSpatz

    a single file called "r8152.53.56-2.14.0"

    I'd assume it to be an archive (.gz or .tar). Are you familiar with these tool to uncompress it?

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    Quote from dleidert

    The tar archive contains a directory, not a file.

    cd into the directory... typically there is the actual driver, and a read me file. Read the read me as it will often have details on how to proceed.

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    The extension is wrong on the downloaded file. It should be .tar.bz2. Here is what I did to compile it.


    Just do a make install after. Then you will need to add the module to the modules autoloader.

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    Quote from KM0201

    What version of OMV are you running and do you know what kernel you're running? That info should all be on the "Dashboard" section of the webui

    OMV: 5.5.22-1 (Usul)

    Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64


    Switching to 5.7.0-0.bpo.2-am64 in OMVextras did not solve the problem

    Quote from mi-hol

    I'd assume it to be an archive (.gz or .tar). Are you familiar with these tool to uncompress it?

    The downloaded file is a .tar. When I open it with 7zip on Windows10, I see a single file. When I open that single file with a text editor, I can read lines of code, not some gibberish as it would be with an archive.


    Other files/folders are not visible, at least not with 7zip under Windows 10.

    Well, if you look that driver is only for up to kernel 5.6.. .so you might be spinning your heels anyway (or maybe not)


    Honestly, I thought most of the new realtek drivers were in the backport kernel, which you seem to have.

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    Quote from KM0201

    if you look that driver is only for up to kernel 5.6.. .so you might be spinning your heels anyway (or maybe not)

    That is going to be fairly common with vendor drivers. Good reason to use the proxmox kernel.

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    Quote from KM0201

    Well, if you look that driver is only for up to kernel 5.6.. .so you might be spinning your heels anyway (or maybe not)


    Honestly, I thought most of the new realtek drivers were in the backport kernel, which you seem to have.

    Yeah, I stuck to ryecoaaron's guide and "make" returned an error 2, stating it could not find a directory with my kernel version.

    Good to know that my other kernel 5.7 will not help, either.


    Quote from ryecoaaron

    That is going to be fairly common with vendor drivers. Good reason to use the proxmox kernel.

    With the proxmox kernel, I need to run OMV an a VM, right?

    Quote from DerSpatz

    With the proxmox kernel, I need to run OMV an a VM, right?

    No.

    Quote from DerSpatz

    Yeah, I stuck to ryecoaaron's guide and "make" returned an error 2, stating it could not find a directory with my kernel version.

    Good to know that my other kernel 5.7 will not help, either.

    You probably don't have the linux-headers installed. With the Debian kernel, just apt-get install linux-headers-amd64. WIth proxmox, apt-get install pve-headers

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    Okay, I got the driver to compile after installing the proxmox kernel via OMV-extras.


    Now where should I move the r8152.ko, and what do I have to do that it gets automatically loaded on startup?


    EDIT: After installing linux-headers, the driver also compiles on kernel 5.9. make install returns this:

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    rmmod r8152

    make -C /lib/modules/5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64/build M=/mnt/sdd2/r8152-2.14.0 INSTALL_MOD_DIR=kernel/drivers/net/usb modules_install

    make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64“ wird betreten

      INSTALL /mnt/sdd2/r8152-2.14.0/r8152.ko

      DEPMOD  5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64

    Warning: modules_install: missing 'System.map' file. Skipping depmod.

    make[1]: Verzeichnis „/usr/src/linux-headers-5.9.0-0.bpo.5-amd64“ wird verlassen

    make install should've copied it to the correct location. modprobe r8152 should tell you if it did.


    To make it load,


    echo "r8152" | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/r8152.conf

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