[LibreQoS] Fwd: Kernel Module r8169 and the Realtek 8126 PCIe 5 G/bps WIRED ethernet adapter

dan dandenson at gmail.com
Fri Feb 9 21:17:43 EST 2024


I've seen a lot of 2.5G (I'm running that on a couple home servers) but I
dont recall seeing 5G onboard...

On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 6:17 PM Dave Taht via LibreQoS <
libreqos at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> I had no idea 5Gbps ethernet on the motherboard was a thing.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Joe Salmeri <jmscdba at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: Kernel Module r8169 and the Realtek 8126 PCIe 5 G/bps
> WIRED ethernet adapter
> To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1 at gmail.com>, netdev at vger.kernel.org
> <netdev at vger.kernel.org>
>
>
> On 1/29/24 17:19, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > On 29.01.2024 19:31, Joe Salmeri wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I recently built a new PC using the Asus z790 Maximus Formula
> motherboard.
> >>
> >> The z790 Formula uses the Realtek 8126 PCIe 5 G/bps WIRED ethernet
> adapter.
> >>
> >> I am using openSUSE Tumbleweed build 20231228 with kernel 6.6.7-1
> >>
> >> There does not seem to be a driver for the Realtek 8126.
> >>
> >> Here is the device info from "lspci | grep -i net"
> >>
> >>      04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 272b (rev 1a)
> >>      05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> Device 8126 (rev 01)
> >>
> >> So it is detects the 8126 just fine it just doesn't have a driver for
> it.
> >>
> >> I checked realtek.com and found
> >>
> >>
> https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software
> >>
> >> The download link still says 8125 ( and kernel 6.4 ), but I compiled
> the source and since I have Secure boot enabled, I signed the
> >> resulting module file.
> >>
> >> The driver loads successfully and I now have wired networking and it
> has worked flawlessly for the last 2 months.
> >>
> >> I submitted a bug in Tumbleweed requesting support for the Realtek 8126
> be added and was informed that the r8169 kernel module
> >> is what is used to support the older Realtek 8125 device.
> >>
> >> Since the drivers from Realtek seem to support both the r8125 and my
> newer r8126, the Tumbleweed support prepared a test
> >> kernel 6.6.7-1 for me where they added the PCI entry for the r8126 and
> I installed and tested it out.
> >>
> >> Although it does now load the r8169 module with their test kernel, the
> r8126 device still does not work.
> >>
> >> The only 2 lines that reference the r8169 in the dmesg log are these 2
> lines:
> >>
> >> [    3.237151] r8169 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> >> [    3.237289] r8169 0000:05:00.0: error -ENODEV: unknown chip XID 649,
> contact r8169 maintainers (see MAINTAINERS file)
> >>
> >> I reported the results of the test to Tumbleweed support and they said
> that additional tweaks will be needed for the r8169
> >> module to support the r8126 wired network adapter and thatn I should
> request to you to add support.
> >>
> >> The details of the openSUSE bug report on the issue can be found here:
> >>
> >>      https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1217417
> >>
> >> Could we please get support added for the r8126 - Realtek 8126 PCIe 5
> G/bps WIRED ethernet adapter added to the kernel ?
> >>
> > Thanks for the report. Actually it's not a bug report but a feature
> request.
> > Realtek provides no information about new chip versions and no data
> sheets, therefore the only
> > source of information is the r8125 vendor driver. Each chip requires a
> lot of version-specific
> > handling, therefore the first steps you described go in the right
> direction, but are by far not
> > sufficient. Patch below applies on linux-next, please test whether it
> works for you, and report back.
> >
> > Disclaimer:
> > r8125 references a firmware file that hasn't been provided to
> linux-firmware by Realtek yet.
> > Typically the firmware files tune PHY parameters to deal with
> compatibility issues.
> > In addition r8125 includes a lot of PHY tuning for RTL8126A.
> > Depending on cabling, link partner etc. the patch may work for you, or
> you may experience
> > link instability or worst case no link at all.
> >
> > Maybe RTL8126a also has a new integrated PHY version that isn't
> supported yet.
> > In this case the driver will complain with the following message and I'd
> need the PHY ID.
> > "no dedicated PHY driver found for PHY ID xxx"
>
> Thanks very much for your quick response.
>
> I forward your patch to the openSUSE people I have been working and they
> prepared a new test kernel 6.7.2 with the patches for for me to test.
>
> I just installed the test kernel provided with the patches but just as
> you expected it complains about no dedicated PHY driver found.
>
> Here is the dmesg | grep 8169 output with the information you requested
>
> [    3.176753] r8169 0000:05:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0003)
> [    3.184887] r8169 0000:05:00.0: no dedicated PHY driver found for PHY
> ID 0x001cc862, maybe realtek.ko needs to be added to initramfs?
> [    3.184912] r8169: probe of 0000:05:00.0 failed with error -49
>
> Thank you for your efforts.
>
> Please let me know if you need any further details.
>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h          |  1 +
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c     | 91 +++++++++++++++----
> >   .../net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c   |  1 +
> >   3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h
> > index 81567fcf3..c921456ed 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.h
> > @@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ enum mac_version {
> >       /* support for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_60 has been removed */
> >       RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61,
> >       RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63,
> > +     RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65,
> >       RTL_GIGA_MAC_NONE
> >   };
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> > index e0abdbcfa..ebf7a3b13 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
> > @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
> >   #define FIRMWARE_8107E_2    "rtl_nic/rtl8107e-2.fw"
> >   #define FIRMWARE_8125A_3    "rtl_nic/rtl8125a-3.fw"
> >   #define FIRMWARE_8125B_2    "rtl_nic/rtl8125b-2.fw"
> > +#define FIRMWARE_8126A_2     "rtl_nic/rtl8126a-2.fw"
> >
> >   #define TX_DMA_BURST        7       /* Maximum PCI burst, '7' is
> unlimited */
> >   #define InterFrameGap       0x03    /* 3 means InterFrameGap = the
> shortest one */
> > @@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ static const struct {
> >       [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61] = {"RTL8125A",            FIRMWARE_8125A_3},
> >       /* reserve 62 for CFG_METHOD_4 in the vendor driver */
> >       [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63] = {"RTL8125B",            FIRMWARE_8125B_2},
> > +     [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65] = {"RTL8126A",            FIRMWARE_8126A_2},
> >   };
> >
> >   static const struct pci_device_id rtl8169_pci_tbl[] = {
> > @@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ static const struct pci_device_id rtl8169_pci_tbl[]
> = {
> >       { PCI_VENDOR_ID_LINKSYS, 0x1032, PCI_ANY_ID, 0x0024 },
> >       { 0x0001, 0x8168, PCI_ANY_ID, 0x2410 },
> >       { PCI_VDEVICE(REALTEK,  0x8125) },
> > +     { PCI_VDEVICE(REALTEK,  0x8126) },
> >       { PCI_VDEVICE(REALTEK,  0x3000) },
> >       {}
> >   };
> > @@ -327,8 +330,12 @@ enum rtl8168_registers {
> >   };
> >
> >   enum rtl8125_registers {
> > +     INT_CFG0_8125           = 0x34,
> > +#define INT_CFG0_ENABLE_8125         BIT(0)
> > +#define INT_CFG0_CLKREQEN            BIT(3)
> >       IntrMask_8125           = 0x38,
> >       IntrStatus_8125         = 0x3c,
> > +     INT_CFG1_8125           = 0x7a,
> >       TxPoll_8125             = 0x90,
> >       MAC0_BKP                = 0x19e0,
> >       EEE_TXIDLE_TIMER_8125   = 0x6048,
> > @@ -1139,7 +1146,7 @@ static void rtl_writephy(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp, int location, int val)
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_31:
> >               r8168dp_2_mdio_write(tp, location, val);
> >               break;
> > -     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               r8168g_mdio_write(tp, location, val);
> >               break;
> >       default:
> > @@ -1154,7 +1161,7 @@ static int rtl_readphy(struct rtl8169_private *tp,
> int location)
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_28:
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_31:
> >               return r8168dp_2_mdio_read(tp, location);
> > -     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               return r8168g_mdio_read(tp, location);
> >       default:
> >               return r8169_mdio_read(tp, location);
> > @@ -1507,7 +1514,7 @@ static void __rtl8169_set_wol(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp, u32 wolopts)
> >               break;
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34:
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_37:
> > -     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_39 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_39 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               if (wolopts)
> >                       rtl_mod_config2(tp, 0, PME_SIGNAL);
> >               else
> > @@ -2073,6 +2080,9 @@ static enum mac_version
> rtl8169_get_mac_version(u16 xid, bool gmii)
> >               u16 val;
> >               enum mac_version ver;
> >       } mac_info[] = {
> > +             /* 8126A family. */
> > +             { 0x7cf, 0x649, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65 },
> > +
> >               /* 8125B family. */
> >               { 0x7cf, 0x641, RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63 },
> >
> > @@ -2343,6 +2353,7 @@ static void rtl_init_rxcfg(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
> >               RTL_W32(tp, RxConfig, RX_FETCH_DFLT_8125 | RX_DMA_BURST);
> >               break;
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               RTL_W32(tp, RxConfig, RX_FETCH_DFLT_8125 | RX_DMA_BURST |
> >                       RX_PAUSE_SLOT_ON);
> >               break;
> > @@ -2772,7 +2783,7 @@ static void rtl_enable_exit_l1(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_37 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38:
> >               rtl_eri_set_bits(tp, 0xd4, 0x0c00);
> >               break;
> > -     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xc0ac, 0, 0x1f80);
> >               break;
> >       default:
> > @@ -2786,7 +2797,7 @@ static void rtl_disable_exit_l1(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >       case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_34 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_38:
> >               rtl_eri_clear_bits(tp, 0xd4, 0x1f00);
> >               break;
> > -     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_40 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >               r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xc0ac, 0x1f80, 0);
> >               break;
> >       default:
> > @@ -2796,6 +2807,8 @@ static void rtl_disable_exit_l1(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >
> >   static void rtl_hw_aspm_clkreq_enable(struct rtl8169_private *tp, bool
> enable)
> >   {
> > +     u8 val8;
> > +
> >       if (tp->mac_version < RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_32)
> >               return;
> >
> > @@ -2809,11 +2822,19 @@ static void rtl_hw_aspm_clkreq_enable(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp, bool enable)
> >                       return;
> >
> >               rtl_mod_config5(tp, 0, ASPM_en);
> > -             rtl_mod_config2(tp, 0, ClkReqEn);
> > +             switch (tp->mac_version) {
> > +             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> > +                     val8 = RTL_R8(tp, INT_CFG0_8125) |
> INT_CFG0_CLKREQEN;
> > +                     RTL_W8(tp, INT_CFG0_8125, val8);
> > +                     break;
> > +             default:
> > +                     rtl_mod_config2(tp, 0, ClkReqEn);
> > +                     break;
> > +             }
> >
> >               switch (tp->mac_version) {
> >               case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_46 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_48:
> > -             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >                       /* reset ephy tx/rx disable timer */
> >                       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe094, 0xff00, 0);
> >                       /* chip can trigger L1.2 */
> > @@ -2825,14 +2846,22 @@ static void rtl_hw_aspm_clkreq_enable(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp, bool enable)
> >       } else {
> >               switch (tp->mac_version) {
> >               case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_46 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_48:
> > -             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61 ... RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> >                       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe092, 0x00ff, 0);
> >                       break;
> >               default:
> >                       break;
> >               }
> >
> > -             rtl_mod_config2(tp, ClkReqEn, 0);
> > +             switch (tp->mac_version) {
> > +             case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> > +                     val8 = RTL_R8(tp, INT_CFG0_8125) &
> ~INT_CFG0_CLKREQEN;
> > +                     RTL_W8(tp, INT_CFG0_8125, val8);
> > +                     break;
> > +             default:
> > +                     rtl_mod_config2(tp, ClkReqEn, 0);
> > +                     break;
> > +             }
> >               rtl_mod_config5(tp, ASPM_en, 0);
> >       }
> >   }
> > @@ -3545,10 +3574,15 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8125_common(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >       /* disable new tx descriptor format */
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xeb58, 0x0001, 0x0000);
> >
> > -     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63)
> > +     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65)
> > +             RTL_W8(tp, 0xD8, RTL_R8(tp, 0xD8) & ~0x02);
> > +
> > +     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65)
> > +             r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe614, 0x0700, 0x0400);
> > +     else if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63)
> >               r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe614, 0x0700, 0x0200);
> >       else
> > -             r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe614, 0x0700, 0x0400);
> > +             r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe614, 0x0700, 0x0300);
> >
> >       if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63)
> >               r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe63e, 0x0c30, 0x0000);
> > @@ -3561,6 +3595,10 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8125_common(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe056, 0x00f0, 0x0030);
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe040, 0x1000, 0x0000);
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xea1c, 0x0003, 0x0001);
> > +     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65)
> > +             r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xea1c, 0x0300, 0x0000);
> > +     else
> > +             r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xea1c, 0x0004, 0x0000);
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe0c0, 0x4f0f, 0x4403);
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xe052, 0x0080, 0x0068);
> >       r8168_mac_ocp_modify(tp, 0xd430, 0x0fff, 0x047f);
> > @@ -3575,10 +3613,10 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8125_common(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >
> >       rtl_loop_wait_low(tp, &rtl_mac_ocp_e00e_cond, 1000, 10);
> >
> > -     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63)
> > -             rtl8125b_config_eee_mac(tp);
> > -     else
> > +     if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61)
> >               rtl8125a_config_eee_mac(tp);
> > +     else
> > +             rtl8125b_config_eee_mac(tp);
> >
> >       rtl_disable_rxdvgate(tp);
> >   }
> > @@ -3622,6 +3660,12 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8125b(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >       rtl_hw_start_8125_common(tp);
> >   }
> >
> > +static void rtl_hw_start_8126a(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> > +{
> > +     rtl_set_def_aspm_entry_latency(tp);
> > +     rtl_hw_start_8125_common(tp);
> > +}
> > +
> >   static void rtl_hw_config(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
> >   {
> >       static const rtl_generic_fct hw_configs[] = {
> > @@ -3664,6 +3708,7 @@ static void rtl_hw_config(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp)
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_53] = rtl_hw_start_8117,
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61] = rtl_hw_start_8125a_2,
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63] = rtl_hw_start_8125b,
> > +             [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65] = rtl_hw_start_8126a,
> >       };
> >
> >       if (hw_configs[tp->mac_version])
> > @@ -3674,9 +3719,23 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8125(struct
> rtl8169_private *tp)
> >   {
> >       int i;
> >
> > +     RTL_W8(tp, INT_CFG0_8125, 0x00);
> > +
> >       /* disable interrupt coalescing */
> > -     for (i = 0xa00; i < 0xb00; i += 4)
> > -             RTL_W32(tp, i, 0);
> > +     switch (tp->mac_version) {
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61:
> > +             for (i = 0xa00; i < 0xb00; i += 4)
> > +                     RTL_W32(tp, i, 0);
> > +             break;
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63:
> > +     case RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65:
> > +             for (i = 0xa00; i < 0xa80; i += 4)
> > +                     RTL_W32(tp, i, 0);
> > +             RTL_W16(tp, INT_CFG1_8125, 0x0000);
> > +             break;
> > +     default:
> > +             break;
> > +     }
> >
> >       rtl_hw_config(tp);
> >   }
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c
> > index b50f16786..badf78f81 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_phy_config.c
> > @@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ void r8169_hw_phy_config(struct rtl8169_private
> *tp, struct phy_device *phydev,
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_53] = rtl8117_hw_phy_config,
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_61] = rtl8125a_2_hw_phy_config,
> >               [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_63] = rtl8125b_hw_phy_config,
> > +             [RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_65] = NULL,
> >       };
> >
> >       if (phy_configs[ver])
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
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