r8168_kirkwood

Hi bodhi,

i try to make work a rtl8168 pci-e card
working on moiplus, yet deb package for in do not
get compiled, with output :

root@debian:/usr/src# dkms build -m  r8168/8.051.02
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1/build/scripts/sign-file
Binary /lib/modules/6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1/build/scripts/sign-file not found,ules won't be signed

Building module:
Cleaning build area...(bad exit status: 2)
make -j1 KERNELRELEASE=6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1 -C /lib/modules/6.12.6-kirkwood-1/build M=/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build...(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1 (armv5tel)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log for more information.

Is it, again, an issue of initializing it in the u-boot?
i'm now on 6.12,
had 6.13 before, with the same output.
Thanx
alex



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2025 05:02AM by ri8.

Alex,

> Is it, again, an issue of initializing it in the
> u-boot?

No, u-boot does not have anything to do with kernel DKMS.

No idea why, but seems there is more info:

Quote

Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log for more information.

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bodhi,

alas,
my question should have also this
modprobe r8168 (ok)
modprobe r8169 (ok)
root@debian:/usr/src# dmesg|tail -2
[ 40.193638] mv643xx_eth_port mv643xx_eth_port.0 eth0: link up, 100 Mb/s, full duplex, flow control disabled
[ 456.085811] r8168: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.

after which i installed deb package r8168-dkms,
and as it failed to compile,
downloaded sources from realtek for this rtl8186H ,
and made a try.
The logs were identical in both cases.

root@debian:/usr/src# less /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for r8168-8.051.02 for kernel 6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1 (armv5tel)
Fri Mar 21 03:44:28 PDT 2025
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1'
make[1]: *** arch/arm: Is a directory.  Stop.
make: *** [Makefile:224: __sub-make] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1'
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log (END)

btw, i found an interesting discussion about usb,
nearly of the same time, as you delivered u-boot for moiplus
and downgraded nand installation to 4.2 , with no results.

Regards,
alex

bodhi,

i did't know about it, but now, i came a little bit further:

root@debian:~# lscpu|grep arm
Architecture: armv5tel
root@debian:~#
so, with a swtich ARCH=armv5tel
and CROSS_COMPILE=arch-linux-noneabi- compilation
stops whith this log:

Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log for more information.
root@debian:/usr/src# less /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for r8168-8.051.02 for kernel 6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1 (armv5tel)
Sun Mar 23 03:04:09 PDT 2025
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1'
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
  You are using:           arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.o
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:2110:5: warning: no previous prototype for 'mdio_real_read' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 2110 | u32 mdio_real_read(struct rtl8168_private *tp,
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c: In function 'rtl8168_get_drvinfo':
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:5229:17: error: implicit declaration of function 'strlcpy'; did you mean 'strncpy'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
 5229 |                 strlcpy(info->fw_version, rtl_fw->version,
      |                 ^~~~~~~
      |                 strncpy
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:6888:20: error: initialization of 'int (*)(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_keee *)' from incompatible pointer type 'int (*)(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_eee *)' [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
 6888 |         .get_eee = rtl_ethtool_get_eee,
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:6888:20: note: (near initialization for 'rtl8168_ethtool_ops.get_eee')
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:6889:20: error: initialization of 'int (*)(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_keee *)' from incompatible pointer type 'int (*)(struct net_device *, struct ethtool_eee *)' [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
 6889 |         .set_eee = rtl_ethtool_set_eee,
      |                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:6889:20: note: (near initialization for 'rtl8168_ethtool_ops.set_eee')
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c: In function 'r8168_csum_workaround':
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:29208:24: error: implicit declaration of function 'skb_gso_segment'; did you mean 'skb_gso_reset'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
29208 |                 segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);
      |                        ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                        skb_gso_reset
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.c:29208:22: warning: assignment to 'struct sk_buff *' from 'int' makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
29208 |                 segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);
      |                      ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:229: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1/Makefile:1945: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.051.02/build] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:224: __sub-make] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.6-kirkwood-tld-1'

2. found a thread on r8186, - https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,23657,23666
with a link to source code
https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168

, which compiles a r8186.ko, loadable with insmod src/r8186.ko,
but not resulting in a new eth device to pop up.

3. it doesn't help either, if putting on-board debian-6.12 r8168 in /etc/initramfs/modules,
and regenerating a new uInitrd afterwards; no new device after reboot

Regards,
alex



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2025 05:44AM by ri8.