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@lgomesf I don't know but i think it's not so difficult to update PKGBUILD. Watch new versions here https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168

Is there a replacement for this package?

Thanks for the hint @McDonald, package is updated.

@McDonald, thanks a lot. After I download snapshot, extract, I replaced original PKGBUILD to you, using makepkg -si, works very well. Thanks again.

To support 5.18, please use this PKGBUILD, which apply the patch provided by official repo r8168.

# Maintainer: René Wagner <rwa at clttr dot info>
# Contributor: Juan Simón <play4pro at protonmail dot com>
# Contributor: alium
# Contributor: angelsl
# Contributer: hayao <hayao@fascode.net>

_pkgbase=r8168
pkgname=${_pkgbase}-dkms
pkgver=8.050.02
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)"
url="https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168"
license=("GPL")
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
depends=('glibc' 'dkms')
makedepends=('git')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
source=("r8168-dkms::git+https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168.git"
        "dkms.conf"
        "linux518.patch::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/packages/r8168/trunk/linux518.patch")
sha256sums=('SKIP'
            'e33abcbc8fbe3129459ebc60be3b2f8ed55ddc53755f4956d6feb16c61c43250'
            'd8d542770e504775600f686d03412a37cc32489872be7aeb388b5b08d9806096')
install=r8168-dkms.install

prepare() {
     cd "$pkgname"
     patch -Np1 -i ../linux518.patch
}

package() {
    install -Dm644 dkms.conf "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    sed -e "s/@PKGNAME@/${_pkgbase}/g" \
        -e "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/g" \
        -i "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    cd "${pkgname}"
    cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' src "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/src"
}

Error on garuda and arcolinux. Log:

cat /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/make.log DKMS make.log for r8168-8.050.02 for kernel 5.18.0-arch1-1 (x86_64) dom 29 mai 2022 07:14:03 -03 make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.18.0-arch1-1/build' CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_asf.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/rtl_eeprom.o CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/rtltool.o /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_mac_loopback_test’: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:3701:17: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pci_dma_sync_single_for_device’; did you mean ‘dma_sync_single_for_device’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 3701 | pci_dma_sync_single_for_device(tp->pci_dev, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | dma_sync_single_for_device /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_init_board’: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:26411:14: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pci_set_dma_mask’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 26411 | !pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)) && | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:26412:14: error: implicit declaration of function ‘pci_set_consistent_dma_mask’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 26412 | !pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64))) { | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ cc1: some warnings being treated as errors make[1]: [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1 make: [Makefile:1834: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.050.02/build/src] Error 2 make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.18.0-arch1-1/build'

linux517.patch returns HTTP 404 error.

==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/packages/r8168/trunk/linux517.patch
Aborting...
 -> error downloading sources: r8168-dkms 
context: exit status 1 

Thanks; this is working well with xanomod, but with zen don't.

What is the problem? Can you help me?

(1/1) frissítés: r8168-dkms                                            [####################################################################] 100% 
Error! DKMS tree already contains: r8168-8.049.02 
You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once. 
==> The module r8168 conflicts with r8169. You can blacklist it with: 
==> echo "blacklist r8169" > /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf 
**::** **Tranzakció utáni műveletek végrehajtása...** 
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... 
(2/3) Install DKMS modules 
==> dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen 
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen (x86_64) 
Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log for more information. 
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen' exited 10 
==> dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.17.1-arch1-1 
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.17.1-arch1-1 (x86_64) 
Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log for more information. 
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.17.1-arch1-1' exited 10 
(3/3) Refreshing PackageKit... 
**^^****/**.c**/**y**/****r8168-dkms** >>> cat /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log                                                        12**:****08****:****08**  
DKMS make.log for r8168-8.049.02 for kernel 5.17.1-arch1-1 (x86_64) 
\2022. ápr. 2., szombat, 12:07:55 CEST 
make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.17.1-arch1-1/build' 
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.o 
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/rtl_eeprom.o 
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_asf.o 
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/rtltool.o 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_proc_open’: 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:1736:50: error: implicit declaration of function ‘PDE_DATA’; did you mean ‘NODE_DATA’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] 
 1736 |     int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *) = PDE_DATA(inode); 
    |                          ^~~~~~~~ 
    |                          NODE_DATA 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:1736:50: warning: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct seq_file *, void *)’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-convers
ion] 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_get_mac_address’: 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24132:34: error: assignment of read-only location ‘*(dev->dev_addr + (sizetype)i)’ 
24132 |         dev->dev_addr[i] = RTL_R8(tp, MAC0 + i); 
    |                  ^ 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_set_mac_address’: 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24163:19: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memcpy’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] 
24163 |     memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len); 
    |         ~~~^~~~~~~~~~ 
In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:253, 
         from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:11, 
         from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12, 
         from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5, 
         from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11, 
         from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22, 
         from ./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5, 
         from ./include/linux/timex.h:65, 
         from ./include/linux/time32.h:13, 
         from ./include/linux/time.h:60, 
         from ./include/linux/stat.h:19, 
         from ./include/linux/module.h:13, 
         from /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:43: 
./include/linux/fortify-string.h:212:37: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’ 
  212 | __FORTIFY_INLINE void *memcpy(void *p, const void *q, __kernel_size_t size) 
    |                ~~~~~~^ 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24165:32: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘rtl8168_rar_set’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] 
24165 |     rtl8168_rar_set(tp, dev->dev_addr); 
    |               ~~~^~~~~~~~~~ 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:566:59: note: expected ‘uint8_t *’ {aka ‘unsigned char *’} but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’ 
  566 | void rtl8168_rar_set(struct rtl8168_private *tp, uint8_t *addr); 
    |                          ~~~~~~~~~^~~~ 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_resume’: 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:28650:32: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘rtl8168_rar_set’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers] 
28650 |     rtl8168_rar_set(tp, dev->dev_addr); 
    |               ~~~^~~~~~~~~~ 
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24180:26: note: expected ‘uint8_t *’ {aka ‘unsigned char *’} but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’ 
24180 |         uint8_t *addr) 
    |         ~~~~~~~~~^~~~ 
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors 
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1 
make: *** [Makefile:1831: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src] Error 2 
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.17.1-arch1-1/build' 
**^^****/**.c**/**y**/****r8168-dkms** >>> cat /etc/modprobe.d/r8169_blacklist.conf                                                           12**:****08****:****44**  
blacklist r8169 
**^^****/**.c**/**y**/****r8168-dkms** >>>                         

^^/.c/yay >>> sudo dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen                                                                                                     12:24:45 

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.17.1-zen1-1-zen -C /usr/lib/modules/5.17.1-zen1-1-zen/build M=/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN' modules....(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log for more information.

^^/.c/yay >>> cat /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log                                                                                                                  (10) 12:25:18 
DKMS make.log for r8168-8.049.02 for kernel 5.17.1-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
2022. ápr. 2., szombat, 12:25:14 CEST
make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.17.1-zen1-1-zen/build'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/rtl_eeprom.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_asf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/rtltool.o
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_proc_open’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:1736:50: error: implicit declaration of function ‘PDE_DATA’; did you mean ‘NODE_DATA’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
 1736 |         int (*show)(struct seq_file *, void *) = PDE_DATA(inode);
      |                                                  ^~~~~~~~
      |                                                  NODE_DATA
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:1736:50: warning: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct seq_file *, void *)’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_get_mac_address’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24132:34: error: assignment of read-only location ‘*(dev->dev_addr + (sizetype)i)’
24132 |                 dev->dev_addr[i] = RTL_R8(tp, MAC0 + i);
      |                                  ^
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_set_mac_address’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24163:19: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memcpy’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
24163 |         memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
      |                ~~~^~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ./include/linux/string.h:253,
                 from ./include/linux/bitmap.h:11,
                 from ./include/linux/cpumask.h:12,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpumask.h:5,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h:11,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h:22,
                 from ./arch/x86/include/asm/timex.h:5,
                 from ./include/linux/timex.h:65,
                 from ./include/linux/time32.h:13,
                 from ./include/linux/time.h:60,
                 from ./include/linux/stat.h:19,
                 from ./include/linux/module.h:13,
                 from /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:43:
./include/linux/fortify-string.h:212:37: note: expected ‘void *’ but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’
  212 | __FORTIFY_INLINE void *memcpy(void *p, const void *q, __kernel_size_t size)
      |                               ~~~~~~^
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24165:32: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘rtl8168_rar_set’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
24165 |         rtl8168_rar_set(tp, dev->dev_addr);
      |                             ~~~^~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:566:59: note: expected ‘uint8_t *’ {aka ‘unsigned char *’} but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’
  566 | void rtl8168_rar_set(struct rtl8168_private *tp, uint8_t *addr);
      |                                                  ~~~~~~~~~^~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c: In function ‘rtl8168_resume’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:28650:32: warning: passing argument 2 of ‘rtl8168_rar_set’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [-Wdiscarded-qualifiers]
28650 |         rtl8168_rar_set(tp, dev->dev_addr);
      |                             ~~~^~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.c:24180:26: note: expected ‘uint8_t *’ {aka ‘unsigned char *’} but argument is of type ‘const unsigned char *’
24180 |                 uint8_t *addr)
      |                 ~~~~~~~~~^~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:1826: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/src] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.17.1-zen1-1-zen/build'

To support linux 5.17, Please use this PKGBUILD, which apply the patch provided by Arch Linux r8168.

# Maintainer: René Wagner <rwa at clttr dot info>
# Contributor: Juan Simón <play4pro at protonmail dot com>
# Contributor: alium
# Contributor: angelsl
# Contributer: hayao <hayao@fascode.net>

_pkgbase=r8168
pkgname=${_pkgbase}-dkms
pkgver=8.049.02
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)"
url="https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168"
license=("GPL")
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
depends=('glibc' 'dkms')
makedepends=('git')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
source=("r8168-dkms::git+https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168.git"
        "linux517.patch::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/packages/r8168/trunk/linux517.patch"
        "dkms.conf")

install=r8168-dkms.install

prepare() {
    cd "r8168-dkms"
    patch -Np1 -i ../linux517.patch
}

package() {
    install -Dm644 dkms.conf "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    sed -e "s/@PKGNAME@/${_pkgbase}/g" \
        -e "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/g" \
        -i "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    cd "${pkgname}"
    cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' src "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/src"
}
sha256sums=('SKIP'
            'SKIP'
            'e33abcbc8fbe3129459ebc60be3b2f8ed55ddc53755f4956d6feb16c61c43250')

With the @McDonald PKGBUILD below it now works for the latest kernel, 5.17.1, which is really good news. Thank you, as this was driving me crazy.

FYI, it won't install into the 5.15.32-1-lts kernel though. Not mission critical for me, but could trip some people up.

Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.15.32-1-lts
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.15.32-1-lts (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.049.02/build/make.log for more information.
==> WARNING: `dkms install --no-depmod r8168/8.049.02 -k 5.15.32-1-lts' exited 10

fixed for 5.17

# Maintainer: René Wagner <rwa at clttr dot info>
# Contributor: Juan Simón <play4pro at protonmail dot com>
# Contributor: alium
# Contributor: angelsl
_pkgbase=r8168
pkgname=${_pkgbase}-dkms
pkgver=8.049.02
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)"
url="https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168"
license=("GPL")
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
depends=('glibc' 'dkms')
makedepends=('git')
conflicts=("${pkgname}")
source=("r8168-dkms::git+https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168.git"
        "linux517.patch::https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/packages/r8168/trunk/linux517.patch"
        "dkms.conf")
install=r8168-dkms.install

prepare() {
    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
    patch -Np1 -i ../../linux517.patch
}

package() {
    install -Dm644 dkms.conf "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    sed -e "s/@PKGNAME@/${_pkgbase}/g" \
        -e "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/g" \
        -i "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"

    cd "${pkgname}"
    cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' src "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/src"
}
sha256sums=('SKIP'
            '6c718137bed0f80bce52cc6862e755de7a1d0c2cbb75491ab5b099bd04534c1c'
            'e33abcbc8fbe3129459ebc60be3b2f8ed55ddc53755f4956d6feb16c61c43250')

Yeah, this fails to build on the 5.17 release kernel (currently in testing) as well as it stands. I think there's a standard in-kernel driver for my chipset, but this has been far more reliable.

Hi - this doesn't build/install with the latest 5.17-rc(1/2/3) kernels - looks like petehg has a potential patch for upstream at: https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168/issues/38#issuecomment-1028040575

It doesn't apply quite cleanly as-is, and when I tried to re-diff it and finally get it patched, booting into the new kernel (with r8169 blacklisted) had my NIC not getting anything off of DHCP properly, so I'm not confident that a) I did the patching right or b) that the patch works with my specific configuration.

Unfortunately, the in-kernel r8169 module has a bug with my config where downstream is capped around ~150Mbps on a Gigabit setup (but upstream is fine).

(Asus ROG Strix G15 G513QY Advantage Edition)

Nice, i hope it will go into the official repository.

Well done. Used it to work around an already reported bug ( https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66505?string=r8168&project=5&search_name=&type%5B0%5D=&sev%5B0%5D=&pri%5B0%5D=&due%5B0%5D=&reported%5B0%5D=&cat%5B0%5D=&status%5B0%5D=open&percent%5B0%5D=&opened=&dev=&closed=&duedatefrom=&duedateto=&changedfrom=&changedto=&openedfrom=&openedto=&closedfrom=&closedto= ).

updated. Thanks @wast3

Thanks for the patch @wast3. It is needed for linux>=5.6

Here's a patch to support 5.6.0-rc kernels https://gist.github.com/harrykipper/e5a9c8db1550bf9acd63dd2c54b79685

@j1simon good job, thanks.

It's working now, thanks.

@cl0ne, thank you too much. As I noticed that the package is abandoned, I adopted it and I will upload your modifications after testing it.

linux-5.4 patch from r8168 + replace SUBDIRS with M in dkms.conf allows to build module with DKMS.

Updated PKGBUILD (with all accompanying files) can be found here: https://gist.github.com/cl0ne/9a3f2b5a4208df3b2e96ed4e9b879292

I can confirm that manually building and loading the package with the linux-5.4 patch works, but applying the patch to the r8168-dkms makes DKMS fail when generating r8168 drivers for any 5.4 kernels.

../src/r8168_n.c:60:10: fatal error: linux/pcieaspm.h: No such file or directory
   60 | #include <linux/pcieaspm.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:265: /home/juan/fuentes/r8168/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1652: /home/juan/fuentes/r8168/src] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:140: modules] Error 2

The problem is that the latest releases of the Linux kernel remove that file from the tree: https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168/issues/19

There is a patch: https://github.com/rockyprabowo/r8168/pull/1/commits/e4aded6235052a61283b79a18ff7d8ef6b654858

With that patch I can compile, install and use the module directly (without DKMS). But with DKMS, it fails.

Broken again with linux 5.4.1:

DKMS make.log for r8168-8.047.05 for kernel 5.4.1-arch1-1 (x86_64) Mon 02 Dec 2019 10:34:15 PM EST make: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.4.1-arch1-1/build' scripts/Makefile.build:42: arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile: No such file or directory make[1]: No rule to make target 'arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile'. Stop. make: [arch/x86/Makefile:238: archheaders] Error 2 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/5.4.1-arch1-1/build'

@wget: thanks for report, fixed!

The sources are broken.

@toxygen: thanks for report, file was changed. Source updated

source on pkgbuild seems to be wrong: source=(https://az695102.vo.msecnd.net/rtdrivers/cn/nic/0011-r8168-8.046.00.tar.bz2

should be source=(https://az695102.vo.msecnd.net/rtdrivers/cn/nic/0012-r8168-8.046.00.tar.bz2

@DgDev91: Patch updated, thanks!

Patch updated. it doesn't really change anything, it's a simple code cleanup.

My patch was a bit "dirty", as i said in the last post, now a kind developer (angelsl on github) showed me the proper way to fix it.

Here's the updated patch: https://pastebin.com/Q6uQmMhE

@DGdev91: adapted, used your patch! Thans a lot!

This works no more on Linux 4.15, because the code calls the setup_timer function, wich was dropped not too much time ago https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/513ae785c63c30741e46f43960213d4ae5382ec0#diff-ba8897e9349509c7ca4d37b0704bee9c

I've tried to adapt it for the new kernel, you can find my version here. https://github.com/DGdev91/r8168/commit/bc248cd63115388d76d15e1c5ac8ac2f74a2dc25 There's probably a cleaner way to achieve this, but at least it works.

I've also created a pull request on mtorromeo's repo, wich is in the pkgbuild. (it's there just in case someone is seeking for a way to run this on kernel 4.15+, i know he doesn't accept patches, it's supposed to be just a mirror)

Here the patch https://pastebin.com/sCcpUqUu