Ethernet RTL 8168 driver on Debian
By default on Debian is used 8169 driver instead of 8168 (Realtek ethernet driver). Also, 8168 driver does not exist.
~# find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/ -name *816* /lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko
The network device
~# lspci |grep Ether 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 09)
The loaded driver
~# lsmod |grep 816 r8169 68262 0
Driver installation
~# apt-get update ~# apt-get install dkms ~# wget https://www.unixteacher.org/download/r8168-dkms_8.040.00-1_all.deb ~# dpkg -i r8168-dkms_8.040.00-1_all.deb Selecting previously unselected package r8168-dkms. (Reading database ... 45372 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack r8168-dkms_8.040.00-1_all.deb ... Unpacking r8168-dkms (8.040.00-1) ... Setting up r8168-dkms (8.040.00-1) ... Loading new r8168-8.040.00 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... ........... ~# init 6
After reboot everything looks ok
~# lsmod |grep 816 r8168 490633 0 ~# dmesg |grep 8168 [ 0.245756] pci 0000:03:00.0: [10ec:8168] type 00 class 0x020000 [ 0.538032] r8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver 8.040.00-NAPI loaded [ 0.538150] r8168 0000:03:00.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.559287] r8168: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625. [ 0.559290] r8168 Copyright (C) 2015 Realtek NIC software team [ 4.557205] r8168: eth0: link up
// Update: For Debian Stretch, you can install r8168-dkms from non-free. Is not necessary to download the package.
apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r` r8168-dkms
My ‘/etc/apt/sources.list’:
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch main non-free contrib deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org stretch/updates main non-free contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org stretch/updates main non-free contrib # stretch-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main non-free contrib deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main non-free contrib
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