On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:06:26 +0300, Hasan Ç. wrote: > This is a known problem kernel uses r8169 ethernet firmware for r8168 > chips and causes connectivity issues.Thanks gentoo there is a r8168 > package in net-misc but i encountered a problem. > > James Le Cuirot <ch...@gentoo.org>, Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:09, commit > ee232457 > <https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=ee232457ed7bad1c3d62c4c509419086b6ea3a65> > > -CONFIG_CHECK="!R8169" > -ERROR_R8169="${P} requires Realtek 8169 PCI Gigabit Ethernet adapter > (CONFIG_R8169) to be DISABLED" > > emerge --ask net-misc/r8168
You can't have two r8168 modules installed at the same time. Use either
the in-kernel one or thebinary driver from Realtek, that's what the ebuild
is checking for. For the 8168 firmware, install linux-firmware.
% qlist linux-firmware | grep 8168
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-2.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168h-1.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-3.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-2.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168g-1.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-2.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-3.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-2.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168e-1.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw
/lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-1.fw
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