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#43222

ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago

Hi

I have just finished installing 6.2. I have 2 NICS: R8168 and R8101.

Like in 5.2 SP1 those NICs need updated drivers, otherwise they are really slow. So I have downloaded and installed new kmods R8168 and R8101 from Tims FTP for 6.2.

The problem is there is no modprobe.conf in /etc folder. Tried to locate it - could not.

So right now I'm really confused and I don't know how to activate them.

Is there a file I have to edit? How to activate those mods?

eth0 - R8101
eth2 - R8168

Thx

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#43224

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago

Create a file in /etc/modprobe.d called anything.conf and put your aliases in there:

Code:

alias eth0 r8101

alias eth2 r8168

If you then reboot (its the easiest option) check that each driver is loaded correctly for each card with:

Code:

ethtool -i eth0

ethtool -i eth2

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#43226

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago
Thx Nick. I was wrong - I don't know which one is which - both have R8169 loaded at the moment. How do I check it?

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#43227

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago

That was a silly question:

sorted by

Code:



 lspci -v | grep Eth

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

One more time thx

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#43228

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago
Not all devices/drivers support the ethtool command, but you can can query the loaded modules by running 'lspci -k' which will list the available and module actually in use

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#43230

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago

So I have created a file called drivers.conf in /etc/modprobe.d folder with permission to be extecuted.

Code:



alias eth0 r8101

alias eth1 r8168

modinfo r8168

Code:



filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.23.1.v6.i686/weak-updates/r8168/r8168.ko

version:        8.027.00-NAPI

license:        GPL

description:    RealTek RTL-8168 Gigabit Ethernet driver

author:         Realtek and the Linux r8168 crew <netdev@vger.kernel.org>

srcversion:     3267B1158882BBE6760509F

alias:          pci:v00001186d00004300sv00001186sd00004B10bc*sc*i*

alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008168sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

depends:

vermagic:       2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686

parm:           eee_enable:int

parm:           speed:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of                                      int)

parm:           duplex:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of                                      int)

parm:           autoneg:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array o                                     f int)

parm:           rx_copybreak:Copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames (int)

parm:           use_dac:Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot. (int)

parm:           debug:Debug verbosity level (0=none, ..., 16=all) (int)

modinfo r8101

Code:



filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.32-220.23.1.v6.i686/weak-updates/r8101/r8101.ko

version:        1.021.00-NAPI

license:        GPL

description:    RealTek RTL-8101 Fast Ethernet driver

author:         Realtek and the Linux r8101 crew <netdev@vger.kernel.org>

srcversion:     D0C5BE09BE8299641B08088

alias:          pci:v000010ECd00008136sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

depends:

vermagic:       2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.i686 SMP mod_unload modversions 686

parm:           eee_enable:int

parm:           speed:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of int)

parm:           duplex:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of int)

parm:           autoneg:force phy operation. Deprecated by ethtool (8). (array of int)

parm:           rx_copybreak:Copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames (int)

parm:           use_dac:Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot. (int)

parm:           debug:Debug verbosity level (0=none, ..., 16=all) (int)

but after reboot both ethtool -i eth0 and ethtool -i eth2:

Code:



ethtool -i eth1

driver: r8169

version: 2.3LK-NAPI

firmware-version:

bus-info: 0000:02:00.0



[root@system ~]# ethtool -i eth0

driver: r8169

version: 2.3LK-NAPI

firmware-version:

bus-info: 0000:01:00.0

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#43233

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago

lspci -k gives:

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01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a78

        Kernel driver in use: r8169

        Kernel modules: r8101, r8169

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. TEG-ECTX Gigabit PCI-E Adapter [Trendnet]

        Kernel driver in use: r8169

        Kernel modules: r8168, r8169

I have blacklisted R8169 by adding

Code:



#NICs

blacklist r8169

to blacklist.conf

and the correct driver was loaded.

Code:



01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01)

        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 2a78

        Kernel driver in use: r8101

        Kernel modules: r8101, r8169

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)

        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. TEG-ECTX Gigabit PCI-E Adapter [Trendnet]

        Kernel driver in use: r8168

        Kernel modules: r8168, r8169

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#43241

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago
It looks like you have it working correctly now. You could have checked how ClearOS was assigning the ethX id's in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

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#43258

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago
That's odd because the kmod-r8168 should automatically blacklist the r8169 module... does /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-r8169.conf exist?

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#43484

Re: ClearOS 6.2 modprobe 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago

Yes it does.

Code:



#

# Listing a module here prevents the hotplug scripts from loading it.

# Usually that'd be so that some other driver will bind it instead,

# no matter which driver happens to get probed first.  Sometimes user

# mode tools can also control driver binding.

#

# Syntax: see modprobe.conf(5).

#



# watchdog drivers

blacklist i8xx_tco



# framebuffer drivers

blacklist aty128fb

blacklist atyfb

blacklist radeonfb

blacklist i810fb

blacklist cirrusfb

blacklist intelfb

blacklist kyrofb

blacklist i2c-matroxfb

blacklist hgafb

blacklist nvidiafb

blacklist rivafb

blacklist savagefb

blacklist sstfb

blacklist neofb

blacklist tridentfb

blacklist tdfxfb

blacklist virgefb

blacklist vga16fb

blacklist viafb



# ISDN - see bugs 154799, 159068

blacklist hisax

blacklist hisax_fcpcipnp



# sound drivers

blacklist snd-pcsp



# I/O dynamic configuration support for s390x (bz #563228)

blacklist chsc_sch



#NICs

blacklist r8169

But r8169 was not automatically blacklisted. I had to do it manually.

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