0.62-6.6 X86-64 seems to miss RTL8111/8169 drivers

[KoulEl]

Expected Behavior

The network cards should start at the launch of OpenMPTCP Router

Current Behavior

No network card is seen by the system. eth0, eth1 and eth2 are non existent.

Possible Solution

Maybe check if RTL1811 drivers are still present in the kernel.

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Use OpenMPTCP Router 0.61-6.6 x86-64 NON EFI
2. Update the router to 0.62-6.6 using the update fonctionnality
3. The PC will then reboot but won't see any of the network card

Context (Environment)

I updated the router using the fonctionnality included and after reboot, nothing worked. Cheking directly with a display connected to the PC and using ifconfig to check network : no eth0, eth1 nor eth2.

Specifications

• OpenMPTCProuter version: 0.62-6.6
• OpenMPTCProuter VPS version: 5.4.207-mptcp 0.1031
• OpenMPTCProuter VPS provider: MilkyWan
• OpenMPTCProuter platform: x86_64
• Country: France

[Ysurac]

Are you sure it's a RTL1811 ? I don't know about this card. Do you known the correct driver ?
You must update VPS.

[KoulEl]

I meant this (retrieved from lspci with 0.61-6.6), 8111 no 1811 as I wrote (typo) :

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Eth
ernet Controller (rev 06)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Eth
ernet Controller (rev 06)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Eth
ernet Controller (rev 06)

I will ask Milkywan to update my VPS.

[KoulEl]

Back on this topic, I tried to download the ext4 image: openmptcprouter-v0.62-6.6-r0+28431-92e020b50f-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined.img.gz to install it by hand on my router PC and it gave me errors while trying to unarchive it (I tried many times with different unarchivers).

And the same goes with the ext4 image (EFI): openmptcprouter-v0.62-6.6-r0+28431-92e020b50f-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz

Maybe these archives are broken.

[KoulEl]

I tried both archives (EFI and non EFI) since I managed to unarchive them (even with the errors) and wrote them directly on the HDD. I can confirm these lack RTL 8111/8169 ethernet drivers.

So far, I'm stuck with 0.61-6.6.

[Ysurac]

The error is normal, it's a header added but you can uncompress it.
I will check to add correct driver in snapshot (strange because there is more drivers in 0.62 than 0.61, maybe a name change...)

[intersvod]

I confirm, but 0.62 network interfaces on these Realtek chipsets do not work

[nix48]

Can confirm

r8169 modul is missing in v0.62

openmptcprouter-v0.62-6.6-r0+28431-92e020b50f-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz:

lsmod:

qcserial 16384 0
qmi_wwan 28672 0
r8125 241664 0
r8152 86016 0
rndis_host 12288 0

openmptcprouter-v0.61-6.6-r0+27346-c7ba5574f5-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img.gz:

lsmod:

qcserial 16384 0
qmi_wwan 28672 0
r8152 86016 0
r8169 73728 0
realtek 28672 1
rndis_host 12288 0

dmesg:

[ 13.523832] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: RTL8168g/8111g, 00:8c:fa:d4:a9:1b, XID 4c0, IRQ 33
[ 13.533204] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: jumbo features [frames: 9194 bytes, tx checksumming: ko]

[ 18.573902] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
[ 18.582680] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: entered promiscuous mode
[ 18.596651] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
[ 18.603907] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
[ 18.610187] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
[ 18.616399] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Down
[ 21.670448] r8169 0000:01:00.0 eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx

[helixcn2024]

Your problem does exist. You need to install the driver yourself. I have installed it now and it works normally.