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    Installed Realtek driver does not load on boot

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      DominikHoffmann
      last edited by DominikHoffmann

      Re: Trying to find out which Realtek drivers are being used?

      I am running CE 2.7.2 on a NUC PC with Realtek NICs. These are the instructions I am running in the shell:

      fetch -v https://pkg.opnsense.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/snapshots/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00_1.pkg
      pkg install -f -y realtek-re-kmod-1100.00_1.pkg
      

      I also put this into /boot/loader.conf.local:

      if_re_load="YES"
      if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
      

      The command kldstat shows

      [2.7.2-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: kldstat
      Id Refs Address                Size Name
       1   10 0xffffffff80200000  339ce08 kernel
       3    1 0xffffffff83b76000    1e2b0 opensolaris.ko
       4    1 0xffffffff84710000     2220 cpuctl.ko
       5    1 0xffffffff84713000     3240 ichsmb.ko
       6    1 0xffffffff84717000     2178 smbus.ko
      

      That driver was evidently not loaded. Why not?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Because that's a kernel module compiled for opnsense.

        Remove that: pkg delete realtek-re-kmod

        Then install the pkg from the 2.7.2 repo: pkg install realtek-re-kmod

        Steve

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          DominikHoffmann @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 said in Installed Realtek driver does not load on boot:

          Remove that: pkg delete realtek-re-kmod

          Then install the pkg from the 2.7.2 repo: pkg install realtek-re-kmod

          That worked. Thanks very much, Stephen!

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            pixeluk
            last edited by

            I just wanted to add my thanks too – I was trying to install the same latest Realtek drivers to support a generic dual port 2.5G NIC (uses 8125 chipset) but got stuck with the version mismatch error preventing the driver to load.

            I should have just come to this Forum first!

            Phil

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