Update Rtl8125 driver

Hey there

I am running OMV 7 with a Gigabyte B760m MB. Unfortunately, I have to say, it uses an Rtl8125 network chip, which stops my system from going deeper than C3, which in term causes more power drain than necessary

Realtek offers a very fresh Driver here that might fix it.

Trying to install it how realtek explains in the Readme outputs an error that "make" is not to be found.

I think I am missing build-essentials here, which ofc I can install. Before I tinker with the system I'd like to ask here first though.

Is upgrading the driver, according to your experience, in general a bad idea that can break alot? Can I fix and roll back easily if necessary or should I just backup the whole system (just in case)?

Is there an easy way to switch drivers and should I try this first?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Barney, well I've tried to configure my system for low idle power consumption (BIOS settings & powertop).

In Powertop I've noticed that pkg state would only show usage of C3 max. Unplugging/deactivating Ethernet changes that instantly.

I've dug a bit and found some threads at Unraid that suggested this ethernet chip or better the driver should be the culprit.

The specific "new" driver solved the issue for some, so I thought I might try it.

Zitat von Krisbee

As OMV7 is debian 12 based, a driver for rtl 8125 is part of the firmware-realtek package installed on your system (see: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/firmware-realtek ) were the data is part of its version name as shown here https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/firmware-nonfree.

But there is an additional more up to date r8125 dkms package which you can find here: https://github.com/awesometic/…s/releases/tag/9.012.04-1

Thank you! So I could just try to install that .deb? Do I have to "select" the driver afterwards?

Edit:

I could just read the github page.. Sorry, will do that first!

My apologies for the double post, but others might not see an update:

I tried to install the firmware but got an error message:

sudo dpkg -i realtek-r8125-dkms_9.012.04-1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 38732 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack realtek-r8125-dkms_9.012.04-1_amd64.deb ...
Deleting module realtek-r8125-9.012.04 completely from the DKMS tree.
Unpacking realtek-r8125-dkms (9.012.04-1) over (9.012.04-1) ...
Setting up realtek-r8125-dkms (9.012.04-1) ...
Loading new realtek-r8125-9.012.04 DKMS files...
Deprecated feature: REMAKE_INITRD (/usr/src/realtek-r8125-9.012.04/dkms.conf)
Building for 6.1.0-18-amd64
Building for architecture amd64
Module build for kernel 6.1.0-18-amd64 was skipped since the
kernel headers for this kernel do not seem to be installed.

The good news: It worked, bad news:

I still only get C3 :-/ too bad.. Thank you for the help Krisbee!

Yeah I am thinking of buying an Intel pcie thernet card.. Is an older Intel Pro 1000 a bad idea? I only need gigabit speeds.

That helped a little and now I've found out that my Lexar MN620 Cache drive does not support ASPM So thank you for pointing me in the right directions!