AUR (en) - r8168-dkms

Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/r8168-dkms.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	r8168-dkms
Description:	A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)
Upstream URL:	https://github.com/mtorromeo/r8168
Keywords:	dkms ethernet network realtek
Licenses:	GPL-2.0-or-later
Conflicts:	r8168
Provides:	r8168
Submitter:	angelsl
Maintainer:	patlefort
Last Packager:	patlefort
Votes:	33
Popularity:	0.24
First Submitted:	2015-10-26 16:00 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2026-02-19 05:46 (UTC)

Latest Comments

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cbb commented on 2025-06-22 09:00 (UTC)

Should the firmware dependency be on linux-firmware-realtek now, in light of these 2 commits?:

xuanruiqi commented on 2025-05-06 17:53 (UTC) (edited on 2025-05-06 17:55 (UTC) by xuanruiqi)

Deprecated feature: CLEAN (/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.055.00/source/dkms.conf)

Just removing the CLEAN seems OK?

HurricanePootis commented on 2025-03-09 04:09 (UTC)

No thank you, but thanks for offering.

patlefort commented on 2025-03-09 01:18 (UTC)

I applied the patch. You seem more familiar with dkms and drivers. Do you want to take ownership of this package?

HurricanePootis commented on 2025-03-09 00:06 (UTC)

@patlefort

Sorry for the spam, but I noticed that r8168 can be compiled to use firmware, just like the r8169 driver uses firmware.

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index f72583a..2663fc5 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ pkgver=8.055.00
 pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="A kernel module for Realtek 8168 network cards (DKMS version)"
 url="https://github.com/mtorromeo/$_pkgbase"
-license=("GPL")
+license=("GPL-2.0-or-later")
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
-depends=('glibc' 'dkms')
+depends=('glibc' 'dkms' 'linux-firmware')
 makedepends=('git')
 conflicts=("${_pkgbase}")
 provides=("${_pkgbase}")
 source=("r8168-dkms::git+${url}.git#tag=${pkgver}"
         'dkms.conf')
 sha256sums=('eaaa94ec29f7378fb83f68cc940e7a47e3a7d218fb3bcfce53f88ff95ed38c6d'
-            'df231d516ea1033cc231d1ab78a260c4f079db4c5df2d32f384bf47b57beded6')
+            '4e21634a02704955c24d42aac39cd44b3ebc534b522a470fb98ea7ddb3b805e4')

 package() {
    install -Dm644 'dkms.conf' "${pkgdir}/usr/src/${_pkgbase}-${pkgver}/dkms.conf"
diff --git a/dkms.conf b/dkms.conf
index 7e8a826..595cd38 100644
--- a/dkms.conf
+++ b/dkms.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME="@PKGNAME@"
 PACKAGE_VERSION="@PKGVER@"
-MAKE[0]="make -C $kernel_source_dir M=$dkms_tree/$module/$module_version/build/src EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI=y -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN=y -DCONFIG_ASPM=y -DENABLE_S5WOL=y -DENABLE_EEE=y -DCONFIG_DYNAMIC_ASPM=y -DENABLE_GIGA_LITE=y' modules"
+MAKE[0]="make -C $kernel_source_dir M=$dkms_tree/$module/$module_version/build/src EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI=y -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN=y -DCONFIG_ASPM=y -DENABLE_S5WOL=y -DENABLE_EEE=y -DCONFIG_DYNAMIC_ASPM=y -DENABLE_GIGA_LITE=y -DENABLE_USE_FIRMWARE_FILE' r8168-objs='r8168_n.o r8168_asf.o rtl_eeprom.o rtltool.o r8168_firmware.o' modules"
 CLEAN="rm src/@PKGNAME@.ko src/*.o || true"
 BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="@PKGNAME@"
 BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="src/"

You have to add -DENABLE_USE_FIRMWARE_FILE and manually specify r8168-objs to include all the defaults plus r8168_firmware.o. I tried doing r8168-objs+=' r8168_firmware.o, but this does not work. linux-firmware will be needed as that provides the firmware files.

Also, the license() should be SPDX compliant GPL-2.0-or-later.

HurricanePootis commented on 2025-03-08 09:25 (UTC)

@patlefort

Please add -DCONFIG_DYNAMIC_ASPM and -DENABLE_GIGA_LITE to the EXTRA_CFLAGS. They are enabled in the Makefile by default.

diff --git a/dkms.conf b/dkms.conf
index 6cf4366..36be27e 100644
--- a/dkms.conf
+++ b/dkms.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME="@PKGNAME@"
 PACKAGE_VERSION="@PKGVER@"
-MAKE[0]="make -C $kernel_source_dir M=$dkms_tree/$module/$module_version/build/src EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI=y -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN=y -DCONFIG_ASPM=y -DENABLE_S5WOL=y -DENABLE_EEE=y' modules"
+MAKE[0]="make -C $kernel_source_dir M=$dkms_tree/$module/$module_version/build/src EXTRA_CFLAGS='-DCONFIG_R8168_NAPI=y -DCONFIG_R8168_VLAN=y -DCONFIG_ASPM=y -DENABLE_S5WOL=y -DENABLE_EEE=y -DCONFIG_DYNAMIC_ASPM -DENABLE_GIGA_LITE' modules"
 CLEAN="rm src/@PKGNAME@.ko src/*.o || true"
 BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="@PKGNAME@"
 BUILT_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="src/"

yeaseb commented on 2024-03-13 00:42 (UTC)

dkms fails for linux-zen 6.8.0

DKMS make.log for r8168-8.052.01 for kernel 6.8.0-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
mar 12 mar 2024 21:40:23 -03
make: se entra en el directorio '/usr/lib/modules/6.8.0-zen1-1-zen/build'
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_asf.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/rtl_eeprom.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/rtltool.o
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/rtl_eeprom.c:96:5: aviso: no hay un prototipo previo para ‘rtl8168_eeprom_cmd_done’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
   96 | int rtl8168_eeprom_cmd_done(struct rtl8168_private *tp)
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c:1624:6: aviso: no hay un prototipo previo para ‘_proc_dump_tx_desc’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 1624 | void _proc_dump_tx_desc(struct seq_file *m, struct TxDesc *desc_base,
      |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c:2949:5: aviso: no hay un prototipo previo para ‘mdio_real_read’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 2949 | u32 mdio_real_read(struct rtl8168_private *tp,
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c:5726:1: aviso: no hay un prototipo previo para ‘rtl8168_set_rx_vlan_filter’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
 5726 | rtl8168_set_rx_vlan_filter(struct rtl8168_private *tp)
      | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c: En la función ‘rtl8168_get_drvinfo’:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c:6296:17: error: declaración implícita de la función ‘strlcpy’; ¿quiso decir ‘strscpy’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
 6296 |                 strlcpy(info->fw_version, rtl_fw->version,
      |                 ^~~~~~~
      |                 strscpy
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c: En el nivel principal:
/var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.c:28087:5: aviso: no hay un prototipo previo para ‘rtl8168_enable_msix’ [-Wmissing-prototypes]
28087 | int rtl8168_enable_msix(struct rtl8168_private *tp)
      |     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: algunos avisos se tratan como errores
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:243: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src/r8168_n.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.8.0-zen1-1-zen/build/Makefile:1919: /var/lib/dkms/r8168/8.052.01/build/src] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:240: __sub-make] Error 2
make: se sale del directorio '/usr/lib/modules/6.8.0-zen1-1-zen/build'