Anybody working on RTL8125 (2.5 Gbit/s Ethernet) support?

[Chris]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:42:17 +0200 Stefan Eßer st_esser at t-online.de said

> Am 15.07.20 um 18:31 schrieb Chris:
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 08:22:13 +0200 Alex Dupre ale at FreeBSD.org said
> > 
> >> Stefan Eßer wrote:
> >> > Am 15.07.20 um 02:30 schrieb Mel Pilgrim:
> >> >> On 2020-07-14 1:22, Stefan Eßer wrote:
> >> >>> I want to omit duplicate work and if anybody else is interested in
> >> this
> >> >>> driver or already working on it, I'd like to combine efforts (or
> >> might
> >> >>> wait for a nearly ready driver to be published).
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't think anyone is.  I asked about RTL8125 support a while
> >> back and
> >> >> got crickets.
> >>
> >> I've just started working on creating a port of the official Realtek
> >> driver. Latest release should support the 8125 chipset and WOL. It
> >> should be ready very soon (likely today or tomorrow).
> > Not trying to derail this thread, or anything. But my initial search on
> > this chip indicated:
> >
> > https://realtek-download.com/05-08-2019-realtek-pcie-fe-gbe-2-5gbe-family-controller-updated/
> > 
> > ( realtek pcie fe gbe 2.5gbe family controller updated )
> > In the article it is indicated that (among other drivers):
> > FreeBSD 7.x and 8.0 Updated to version 1.95
> > were updated. I only mention this. In case them already providing drivers
> > might be of help in this (your) work. :-)
> 
> Yes, and I have used that exact driver to merge the missing defines
> into the header file currently in FreeBSD-CURRENT. This is a first
> step towards a unified driver ...
> 
> As the compatibility with FreeBSD-7 and -8 indicates, the driver
> offered by Realtek does not implement changes that have been applied
> to our if_re.c.
> 
> Alex has created a port for a kernel module, which works quite well, in
> fact I've received your message on a PC with that chip and driver. ;-)
Cool! :-)

> 
> The Realtek code must be merged into our driver, to get a version that
> does not fall back behind our current state (e.g. with regard to the
> statistics counters).
> 
> If Alex is doing that work, that would be fine with me. Else I'll try
> to get the re driver in base updated to support the new chips in
> addition to the already supported ones.
Looks like it's time for me to go shopping. :-)

Thanks!
> 
> Regards, STefan

--Chris