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klopk
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 Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 12:18 pm Post subject: How to use only r8168 and completely remove r8169? |
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Hello,
I am using old PC with build-in realtek network card.
With r8169 network is very unstable, so I decided to switch to vendor drivers.
After
| Code: | #!/bin/sh
# invoke insmod with all arguments we got
# and use a pathname, as insmod doesn't look in . by default
TARGET_PATH=$(find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet -name realtek -type d)
if [ "$TARGET_PATH" = "" ]; then
TARGET_PATH=$(find /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net -name realtek -type d)
fi
if [ "$TARGET_PATH" = "" ]; then
TARGET_PATH=/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net
fi
echo
echo "Check old driver and unload it."
check=`lsmod | grep r8169`
if [ "$check" != "" ]; then
echo "rmmod r8169"
/sbin/rmmod r8169
fi
check=`lsmod | grep r8168`
if [ "$check" != "" ]; then
echo "rmmod r8168"
/sbin/rmmod r8168
fi
echo "Build the module and install"
echo "-------------------------------" >> log.txt
date 1>>log.txt
make $@ all 1>>log.txt || exit 1
module=`ls src/*.ko`
module=${module#src/}
module=${module%.ko}
if [ "$module" = "" ]; then
echo "No driver exists!!!"
exit 1
elif [ "$module" != "r8169" ]; then
if test -e $TARGET_PATH/r8169.ko ; then
echo "Backup r8169.ko"
if test -e $TARGET_PATH/r8169.bak ; then
i=0
while test -e $TARGET_PATH/r8169.bak$i
do
i=$(($i+1))
done
echo "rename r8169.ko to r8169.bak$i"
mv $TARGET_PATH/r8169.ko $TARGET_PATH/r8169.bak$i
else
echo "rename r8169.ko to r8169.bak"
mv $TARGET_PATH/r8169.ko $TARGET_PATH/r8169.bak
fi
fi
fi
echo "DEPMOD $(uname -r)"
depmod `uname -r`
echo "load module $module"
modprobe $module
is_update_initramfs=n
distrib_list="ubuntu debian"
if [ -r /etc/debian_version ]; then
is_update_initramfs=y
elif [ -r /etc/lsb-release ]; then
for distrib in $distrib_list
do
/bin/grep -i "$distrib" /etc/lsb-release 2>&1 /dev/null && \
is_update_initramfs=y && break
done
fi
if [ "$is_update_initramfs" = "y" ]; then
if which update-initramfs >/dev/null ; then
echo "Updating initramfs. Please wait."
update-initramfs -u -k $(uname -r)
else
echo "update-initramfs: command not found"
exit 1
fi
fi
echo "Completed."
exit 0
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Everything is ok:
| Code: | Kernel driver in use: r8168
Kernel modules: r8168 |
But after reboot I have:
| Code: | Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8168 |
How to completely disable or remove r8169? I tried everything with no luck. |
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klopk
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | Disable 8169 in your kernel and
| Code: | | emerge -av net-misc/r8168 |
In case of genkernel I do not know, never used it, blacklisting will work, I guess. |
Yes, I'm using genkernel. Blacklisting doesn't work.
| Code: | cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf | grep r81
blacklist r8169
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| Code: | | emerge -av net-misc/r8168 |
It doesn't change anything at all. |
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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Easiest way to make it stay gone would be to remove it from disk, but moving it should work too:
| Code: | | find /lib/modules/ -name r8169.ko -execdir mv -v '{}' '{}.bak' \; |
It looks like the driver installer should be doing that, but maybe it's detecting the wrong kernel.
Actually - just ignore this post. Neddy's answer looks correct and initrds hadn't even crossed my mind...
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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klopk,
The r8169 module is loaded from the initrd. It needs to be removed from there.
Blacklisting modues in a file on the root filesystem is too late as the file cannot be read until root is mounted.
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klopk
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Ant P. wrote: | Easiest way to make it stay gone would be to remove it from disk, but moving it should work too:
| Code: | | find /lib/modules/ -name r8169.ko -execdir mv -v '{}' '{}.bak' \; |
It looks like the driver installer should be doing that, but maybe it's detecting the wrong kernel.
Actually - just ignore this post. Neddy's answer looks correct and initrds hadn't even crossed my mind... |
I can't find the file anymore, but it's still loading.
| NeddySeagoon wrote: | klopk,
The r8169 module is loaded from the initrd. It needs to be removed from there.
Blacklisting modues in a file on the root filesystem is too late as the file cannot be read until root is mounted. |
So, is r8169 in this file
| Code: | | initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-4.9.76-gentoo-r1 |
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Do I need to rebuild it like:
| Code: | | genkernel initramfs |
Will this work or I need to tell it about new r8168?
I really don't want to break stable system, but it's useless without proper network. |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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klopk,
With the r8169 module removed from the initrd, you should be good.
The automatic kernel module loading may not load the r8168 module, so you may need to add it to /etc/cont.d/modules
There is a bit of a hack until you update your kernel.
Reboot, so the r8169 is loaded. Run
| Code: | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop
modprobe -r r8169
modprobe r8168
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start |
use your interface name.
If that works create the file /etc/local.d/fixnet.start containing
| Code: | #!/bin/bash
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop
modprobe -r r8169
modprobe r8168
/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start |
and chmod +x. Again, use your interface name.
This will do the module swap right at the end of the boot process, which is too late for ntp-client
Everything else that depends on the net service will be stopped and restared.
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klopk
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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After reboot:
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop |
gives:
| Code: | * Bringing down interface eth0
* Stopping dhcpcd on eth0 ...
sending signal TERM to pid
waiting for pid to exit
RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory
Error talking to the kernel
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gives:
| Code: | | modprobe: FATAL: Module r8169 not found. |
gives nothing and
| Code: | | /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start |
starts as usual, no errors - I have network.
| Code: | Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8168
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Tyrus
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know what vendor specific script that is.
I have Realtek Ethernet with r8168 also. I am using net-misc/r8168. That's a driver in the portage tree. It builds a module for you.
You just have to deactivate r8169 in the kernel and rebuild that kernel again. If you want a clean list of modules delete /lib/modules/#kernelversion# before you rebuild. Then install the modules fresh. Then emerge net-misc/r8168. It will build the required kernel module for you. |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 7:20 am Post subject: |
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klopk,
| Code: | | modprobe: FATAL: Module r8169 not found. |
lells that the r8169 module is not loaded.
What does show?
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klopk
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Tyrus wrote: | I don't know what vendor specific script that is.
I have Realtek Ethernet with r8168 also. I am using net-misc/r8168. That's a driver in the portage tree. It builds a module for you.
You just have to deactivate r8169 in the kernel and rebuild that kernel again. If you want a clean list of modules delete /lib/modules/#kernelversion# before you rebuild. Then install the modules fresh. Then emerge net-misc/r8168. It will build the required kernel module for you. |
This script is provided by Realtek. Seems like incompatible with Gentoo.
| NeddySeagoon wrote: | klopk,
| Code: | | modprobe: FATAL: Module r8169 not found. |
lells that the r8169 module is not loaded.
What does show? |
This is after autorun.sh without rebooting:
| Code: | Module Size Used by
r8168 524288 0
cfg80211 581632 0
rfkill 24576 1 cfg80211
8021q 24576 0
garp 16384 1 8021q
stp 16384 1 garp
llc 16384 2 garp,stp
nouveau 1568768 1
mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau
wmi 16384 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
video 40960 1 nouveau
ttm 98304 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 155648 1 nouveau
drm 360448 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
snd_hda_codec_realtek 90112 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 69632 1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_intel 36864 0
snd_hda_codec 126976 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
syscopyarea 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
kvm_intel 196608 0
sysfillrect 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
snd_hda_core 81920 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
fb_sys_fops 16384 1 drm_kms_helper
kvm 581632 1 kvm_intel
snd_hwdep 16384 1 snd_hda_codec
nvidiafb 49152 0
it87 57344 0
snd_pcm 102400 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
iTCO_wdt 16384 0
ppdev 20480 0
iTCO_vendor_support 16384 1 iTCO_wdt
coretemp 16384 0
adt7475 32768 0
snd_timer 32768 1 snd_pcm
hwmon_vid 16384 2 it87,adt7475
fb_ddc 16384 1 nvidiafb
vgastate 20480 1 nvidiafb
snd 86016 7 snd_hda_intel,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_codec,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_pcm
i2c_i801 24576 0
irqbypass 16384 1 kvm
serio_raw 16384 0
pcspkr 16384 0
i2c_smbus 16384 1 i2c_i801
lpc_ich 24576 0
ata_generic 16384 0
floppy 69632 0
mfd_core 16384 1 lpc_ich
pata_acpi 16384 0
soundcore 16384 1 snd
parport_pc 28672 0
xts 16384 0
gf128mul 16384 1 xts
cbc 16384 0
sha256_generic 20480 0
iscsi_tcp 20480 0
libiscsi_tcp 24576 1 iscsi_tcp
libiscsi 53248 2 libiscsi_tcp,iscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi 98304 2 libiscsi,iscsi_tcp
vmxnet3 57344 0
virtio_net 28672 0
virtio_ring 24576 1 virtio_net
virtio 16384 1 virtio_net
tg3 163840 0
sky2 61440 0
pcnet32 45056 0
mii 16384 1 pcnet32
igb 200704 0
ptp 20480 2 tg3,igb
pps_core 20480 1 ptp
dca 16384 1 igb
i2c_algo_bit 16384 3 nvidiafb,igb,nouveau
i2c_core 65536 10 fb_ddc,nvidiafb,i2c_algo_bit,igb,i2c_i801,nouveau,i2c_smbus,adt7475,drm_kms_helper,drm
e1000 143360 0
bnx2 81920 0
atl1c 49152 0
fuse 98304 1
xfs 1175552 0
nfs 233472 0
lockd 73728 1 nfs
grace 16384 1 lockd
sunrpc 303104 2 lockd,nfs
fscache 61440 1 nfs
jfs 172032 0
reiserfs 233472 0
btrfs 1028096 0
ext4 565248 1
jbd2 102400 1 ext4
ext2 73728 1
mbcache 16384 4 ext4,ext2
linear 16384 0
raid10 49152 0
raid1 36864 0
raid0 20480 0
dm_raid 40960 0
raid456 102400 1 dm_raid
async_raid6_recov 20480 1 raid456
async_memcpy 16384 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
libcrc32c 16384 2 xfs,raid456
async_pq 16384 2 raid456,async_raid6_recov
async_xor 16384 3 async_pq,raid456,async_raid6_recov
xor 24576 2 async_xor,btrfs
async_tx 16384 5 async_xor,async_pq,raid456,async_memcpy,async_raid6_recov
raid6_pq 110592 4 async_pq,btrfs,raid456,async_raid6_recov
dm_snapshot 40960 0
dm_bufio 28672 1 dm_snapshot
dm_crypt 28672 0
dm_mirror 24576 0
dm_region_hash 20480 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 20480 2 dm_mirror,dm_region_hash
dm_mod 114688 6 dm_raid,dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_bufio,dm_crypt,dm_snapshot
firewire_core 65536 0
crc_itu_t 16384 1 firewire_core
sl811_hcd 24576 0
xhci_pci 16384 0
xhci_hcd 192512 1 xhci_pci
usb_storage 69632 0
aic94xx 81920 0
libsas 73728 1 aic94xx
lpfc 647168 0
qla2xxx 630784 0
megaraid_sas 131072 0
megaraid_mbox 36864 0
megaraid_mm 20480 1 megaraid_mbox
aacraid 102400 0
sx8 24576 0
hpsa 102400 0
cciss 118784 0
3w_9xxx 45056 0
3w_xxxx 36864 0
3w_sas 28672 0
mptsas 61440 0
scsi_transport_sas 45056 4 libsas,hpsa,mptsas,aic94xx
mptfc 24576 0
scsi_transport_fc 57344 3 lpfc,qla2xxx,mptfc
mptspi 24576 0
mptscsih 40960 3 mptfc,mptsas,mptspi
mptbase 102400 4 mptscsih,mptfc,mptsas,mptspi
imm 20480 0
parport 49152 3 imm,parport_pc,ppdev
sym53c8xx 81920 0
initio 28672 0
arcmsr 45056 0
aic7xxx 122880 0
aic79xx 135168 0
scsi_transport_spi 32768 4 aic79xx,aic7xxx,sym53c8xx,mptspi
sr_mod 24576 0
cdrom 61440 1 sr_mod
sg 36864 0
sd_mod 49152 4
pdc_adma 16384 0
sata_inic162x 16384 0
sata_mv 32768 0
ata_piix 36864 0
ahci 36864 3
libahci 32768 1 ahci
sata_qstor 16384 0
sata_vsc 16384 0
sata_uli 16384 0
sata_sis 16384 0
sata_sx4 20480 0
sata_nv 28672 0
sata_via 20480 0
sata_svw 16384 0
sata_sil24 20480 0
sata_sil 16384 0
sata_promise 20480 0
pata_via 16384 0
pata_jmicron 16384 0
pata_marvell 16384 0
pata_sis 20480 1 sata_sis
pata_netcell 16384 0
pata_pdc202xx_old 16384 0
pata_atiixp 16384 0
pata_amd 20480 0
pata_ali 16384 0
pata_it8213 16384 0
pata_pcmcia 20480 0
pata_serverworks 16384 0
pata_oldpiix 16384 0
pata_artop 16384 0
pata_it821x 20480 0
pata_hpt3x2n 16384 0
pata_hpt3x3 16384 0
pata_hpt37x 20480 0
pata_hpt366 16384 0
pata_cmd64x 16384 0
pata_sil680 16384 0
pata_pdc2027x 16384 0
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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klopk,
r8168 is loaded so r8169 cannot be. Two drivers for the same hardware is a very bad thing.
Its harmless but the hardware won't work.
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You really should not run this autorun.sh in your Gentoo box. In Gentoo portage controls everything that is installed, installing anything outside of portage can lead to hard to diagnose failures in future. (Unless you really know what you are doing, that is.)
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klopk
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | You really should not run this autorun.sh in your Gentoo box. In Gentoo portage controls everything that is installed, installing anything outside of portage can lead to hard to diagnose failures in future. (Unless you really know what you are doing, that is.) |
I know and I don't like it too.
But it just doesn't work by default. |
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There is ebuild for r8168, as suggested a few times in this thread. It will install the module. If you really want to use genkernel use it with menuconfig option and disable r8169. IMHO genkernel is a monster, look at all those unnecessary modules you have loaded.
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Observations:
- For every hardware module in the kernel, the kernel .config should only enable that module if you have the hardware on your system or have a portable device which is likely to be plugged in at some time.
- Software modules are harder to quantify, but if you know a software module to be unnecessary to your system that should be turned off too.
- If your system is broken and a funky script you downloaded from somewhere on the net does NOT fix it, you should throw out the script and fix your system correctly.
Scripts you downloaded from "somewhere" are likely to be written for an older version of some random distro, which will likely use components and services which are incompatible with your system. In other words they're likely to be broken. Even if they're not broken, they likely will be when the software components you use are upgraded again. In other words, those scripts are likely to either compound the problem or they are likely to become the primary broken feature.
I understand that in this case "somewhere" is Realtek, but probably they're testing this script on a variant of Redhat or Debian. Neither of which are Gentoo. And given how Realtek cards offload so much of the networking task to the CPU, which is in my mind lazy, I am tempted to recommend you go get an Intel nic that uses the "igb" module (i210 for example), and things will be much happier on your system. But I won't recommend that because I'm trying to not be an opinionated asshole about it.
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klopk
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | There is ebuild for r8168, as suggested a few times in this thread. It will install the module. If you really want to use genkernel use it with menuconfig option and disable r8169. IMHO genkernel is a monster, look at all those unnecessary modules you have loaded. |
I agree but how to understand what you need?
People complaining in manuals about broken resolution, not working mouse, sound, etc.
This is my first install.
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And given how Realtek cards offload so much of the networking task to the CPU, which is in my mind lazy, I am tempted to recommend you go get an Intel nic that uses the "igb" module (i210 for example), and things will be much happier on your system. But I won't recommend that because I'm trying to not be an opinionated asshole about it.
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I will try few server NICs. Might be hardware related problem. |
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| Jaglover wrote: | | There is ebuild for r8168, as suggested a few times in this thread. It will install the module. If you really want to use genkernel use it with menuconfig option and disable r8169. IMHO genkernel is a monster, look at all those unnecessary modules you have loaded. |
Exactly. I used to run r8168 until my mobo's r8169 version was supported by the kernel. Unfortunately, I seem to have scrubbed it from my buildscript.
I do remember that you have to re-emerge it every time you rebuild the kernel. I don't use an intramfs so I'm not sure what steps to take for that.
As a first step run "genkernel --menuconfig" and remove r8169 from the kernel, even as a module. I think that will remove it from the intramfs. Then, after genkernel is done", emerge r8168. I don't think it needs to be in the iniramfs unless OpenRC is loading it very early. If OpenRC is loading net.eth0 (or whatever) at default level, I think you will be OK.
| Code: | MSI ~ # rc-update|grep net.eth0
net.eth0 | boot
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OK, I'm loading at boot level without any initramfs at all.
Consider moving off genkernel. |
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| klopk wrote: |
I agree but how to understand what you need?
People complaining in manuals about broken resolution, not working mouse, sound, etc.
This is my first install. |
In menuconfig, go to "General setup" then enable "kernel .config support" and "Enable access to .config through /proc/config.gz"
Then you can extract your working config with "zcat /proc/config.gz > .config".
Start by removing hardware that you are certain you do not have like AMD chipsets if you have an Intel board and vice-versa.
That will remove quite a bit. You can also remove filesystems you don't want to support like jfs, xfs, ... (unless of course you are using jfs or xfs).
That's a start.
EDIT:
Do it in stages, always saving the last known good config. Use zcat /proc/config.gz It nevers gets confused as to which config is running. |
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| klopk wrote: | | Jaglover wrote: | | There is ebuild for r8168, as suggested a few times in this thread. It will install the module. If you really want to use genkernel use it with menuconfig option and disable r8169. IMHO genkernel is a monster, look at all those unnecessary modules you have loaded. |
I agree but how to understand what you need?
People complaining in manuals about broken resolution, not working mouse, sound, etc.
This is my first install.
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You need drivers built-in when the device or protocol or filesystem or <noun> is necessary for booting up to the point of mounting /.
You need drivers built-in or as modules where the <noun> is necessary for the system to run the software you intend to use.
From system rescue CD, I do this:
- lspci, lsusb, lshw as described already in this thread. That tells you the hardware you have hooked up to the system.
- In your kernel sources, make oldconfig.
- Ensure that all your hardware drivers are enabled. Make sure that all your early boot drivers are built-in. My rule of thumb is that if you are always going to use it, it is built in. If it's an occasional thing then it can be a module.
- Leave your software drivers alone unless you know what you're doing.
- Decide what major apps your system must support. Find the dependency tree, and look at the kernel settings necessary for them. Determine your USE flags and your kernel settings, and go about setting that up.
You will surely get bored before all that gets done. Try to get to the point where you have all the hardware drivers you need, and build a kernel, install and test it. Then start pruning hardware drivers you don't need, they just take up space anyway, and technically expose the system to unnecessary software exploits. It's not possible to exploit software which is not there, so any drivers you don't need can't be exploited if they're not on your system right?
At any rate, the whole software end of it is a sort of evolutionary process. First get your system running, then start trimming out the excess garbage a little bit at a time. Keep track of the USE flags and kernel modules you KNOW about and the rest are targets for future research.
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And given how Realtek cards offload so much of the networking task to the CPU, which is in my mind lazy, I am tempted to recommend you go get an Intel nic that uses the "igb" module (i210 for example), and things will be much happier on your system. But I won't recommend that because I'm trying to not be an opinionated asshole about it.
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You probably don't need to switch NICs unless you're just sick of trying. Lots of people, including myself, have used them successfully for years. They suck, but they work. |
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klopk,
The short explanation is here.
The method is valid even 13 years on.
The longer, worked example is at Pappys Seeds. That's no longer maintained but it goes into a lot more detail. The Seed Config files are now published in the Pappys Preconfigs thread on the forums.
If you decide to use one of Pappys Preconfigs as a starting point, be aware that it designed to not work as is. You need to add your own hardware support.
Building your own kernel for the first time is like eating an elephant. Do it one plateful at a time.
The good news is that you don't need to do it all in one go and you can use the error messages as pointers to what to fix next.
If you don't understand the error messages, many of your helpers in this thread will.
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@NeddySeagoon,
Aren't we still supposed to use -fno-stack-check on the kernel? Your link makes no mention of it.
I have a script "kmake":
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KCFLAGS=-fno-stack-check make -j12 V=1 $1 | egrep --color -E '(no-stack-check|stack-check|$)'
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I use this for kernel builds, the same exact way that we have been using make all these years.
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1clue,
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KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-check,) |
It looks like the kernel does that for you.
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OK that's cool. I never heard about that, only that the option needed to be selected for kernels.
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make -j12 V=1 $1 | egrep --color -E '(no-stack-check|stack-check|$)'
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It appears that it works, I see -fno-stack-check highlighted in the output. |
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