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LAN not working (RTL8125)
Issue #5
resolved
Hi,
I’ve booted from USB stick - all fine there, except that my LAN is not working.
Chip is integrated on mainboard - and it’s Realtek RTL8215 (2.5Gbe) controller.
lspci shows it normally, but no signs of Kernel driver in use.
Apparently this modern Ethernet chips are not supported by this kernel.
Running Lightwhale kernel v 6.1.32.
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You’re welcome.
If it is of any help - my Linux Mint (Ubuntu 22.04 base) works out of the box on this machine, and it shows Kernel driver in use
r8169(yeah, apparently they put a bunch of Realtek drivers in well known 8169 package…)
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Oh nice,
r8169pinpointed the issue. I see that I don’t have that included. I’ll add it and release a new image within a few days!Phew, I was afraid I had to search the web for firmware files and add those to the image like I did with my Intel NIC. That was a bit cumbersome =)
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I’ve build a test image with the new driver in. Would you mind testing it? It would help me a lot. It’s the
2.0.2-dev2image here:
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I just booted with dev2 image.
It works!
Normally
lspcinow shows Kernel driver in user8169Thank you for prompt action!
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Thank you for the effort! I’ll release a 2.0.2 soon. You can download and write it to your boot device as normal, or you can choose to do it in-place as described here: https://lightwhale.asklandd.dk/#faq-update
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Fixed, missing module added.
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Side note: there’s a minor documentation “error”.
The curl command:
curl -s https://lightwhale.asklandd.dk/download/latest-bios | \ sudo dd bs=4M conv=fsync of=/dev/sdxwill yield no data since first request gets 302 redirect.
So -L flag needs to be added (follow location):
curl -sL https://lightwhale.asklandd.dk/download/latest-bios | \ sudo dd bs=4M conv=fsync of=/dev/sdx
Looking forward for next release.
Keep up the good work!
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It may be minor, but it’s important. I’m trying to figure out how missing that
-Lslipped though, but no idea...Thanks again! I’ve fixed the docs, and 2.0.2 is compiling right now.
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Thanks for your submission!
Uh-oh, that's no good! I'll look into it. Thanks for all the lovely details.