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    Drivers for recent homelab NICs in XCP-ng 8.2

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      Andrew Top contributor @nhurion
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      @nhurion If you boot 8.3 does everything work correctly? Just as a test.

      The official 8.2 boot ISO does not have i225/i226 drivers. I did build an unofficial one that has drivers...

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        nhurion @Andrew
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        @Andrew
        Yes, installing from 8.3-apha2 does work.

        Now if there is an option to load an additional driver, I guess there is a way to get that driver added.
        How do I do that ?

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          Andrew Top contributor @nhurion
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          @nhurion You can give my Test 3 ISO a try. I have not updated it in a few months so it does need updates. Don't use the ALT kernel...

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            olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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            I would recommend against going for a custom solution: you might have more issues than going to XCP-ng 8.3. Despite it's alpha, it's already very stable. And a first beta version is around the corner!

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              nhurion @olivierlambert
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              @olivierlambert

              Well the 8.3 is installed now, so I will give it a try.

              But are you telling me it is not possible to install the 8.2.1 with 226 drivers at all ?

              Because then I don't get the backporting that this thread is referring to.
              What is the point of backporting if it cannot be used ?

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                nhurion @nhurion
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                @nhurion Trying to add the new host to existing pool, the host is not compatible.
                Is it possible to downgrade 8.3 to 8.2.1 ?

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                  olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                  8.2 is an LTS, and it's not planned to make major modifications or use drivers that are a bit too recent for it. We strongly suggest, in your case with this kind of hardware, to stay on 8.3.

                  Right now, I don't see any reason to go on 8.2 with non-server grade hardware anyway πŸ™‚

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                    nhurion @olivierlambert
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                    @olivierlambert
                    I understood what you said.
                    Please understand that when people make a homelab it’s essentially to learn.

                    What I’ve learned is that when you need an extra driver to install xcp-ng, this case have been covered but:

                    • the doc does not help
                    • Google does not help
                    • chatgpt does not help
                    • YouTube does not help
                    • xcp-ng forum does not help.

                    Quite an unpleasant learning experience.

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                      Andrew Top contributor @nhurion
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                      @nhurion Relax.... It's the weekend (US holiday too). You can give my test ISO a try. The new IGC driver is an update in the 8.2 repository.

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                        wilsonqanda
                        last edited by wilsonqanda

                        8.3 beta is definitely a huge improvement as in 8.2 LTS it didn't even detect the RTL card lol πŸ™‚
                        Interesting it seem like some are getting the 1Gb/s for the RTL8125 (should be 2.5Gb/s) my for some reason is stuck at 100Mb/s

                        Running on XCP-ng 8.3 beta

                        Issue: running on 100Mb/s instead of 2.5Gb/s 😞

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                          lkernan @wilsonqanda
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                          @wilsonqanda
                          It's saying Link partner advertised link modes 10 and 100baseT. I'd check what the other end of the cable is plugged into.

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                            wilsonqanda @lkernan
                            last edited by wilsonqanda

                            @lkernan Ahh ic let me double check. Thanks hopefully that is the case.

                            Ok the linked partner was the issue. Thanks for clarifying that issue makes total sense now πŸ™‚

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                              stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team
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                              So, @Andrew contributed new updates for the igc-module and r8125-module drivers (other drivers being in the process of being reviewed and/or updated).

                              These version of the igc and r8125 drivers are intended to be the ones we ship in the upcoming refreshed installation ISOs for XCP-ng 8.2.1.

                              If you have actual hardware which makes use of these drivers, on XCP-ng 8.2.1, please update them from the xcp-ng-testing repository and report here about your successes and, if any, failures.

                              Stay also ready to test the refreshed installation ISOs once they will be built.

                              IGC

                              yum update igc-module --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                              reboot
                              

                              R8125

                              yum update r8125-module --enablerepo=xcp-ng-testing
                              reboot
                              
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                                ajpri1998 @stormi
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                                @stormi

                                I'll be testing the r8125 drivers.

                                • Able to install r8125-module-9.012.03-1.xcpng8.2.x86_64
                                • Able to reboot host and have Dom0 networking.
                                • Speed negotiated to 1000Mb/s. I don't have any 2.5G switches so can't test that.
                                • VM (Fedora Server 36) able to get an IP on untagged network
                                  • VM able to ping Internet IP (1.1.1.1)
                                  • VM able to ping internet DNS (xcp-ng.org)
                                • Changed to other network (VLAN 10 - my "Guest" Network)
                                  • Able to get IP from DHCP
                                  • Able to ping internet IP (1.1.1.1)
                                  • Able to ping internet DNS (xcp-ng.org)
                                • Able to migrate VM to host
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                                  stormi Vates πŸͺ XCP-ng Team
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                                  Refreshed installation ISOs for XCP-ng 8.2.1, with added drivers and other fixes, are available for public testing at https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/8026/xcp-ng-8-2-1-refreshed-installation-iso-better-hardware-support.

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                                    wilsonqanda @wilsonqanda
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                                    @wilsonqanda For those that see this thread in the future the 8.3b work with the RTL cards and I see 2.5G speed. Been running on this since the start of XCP-ng 8.3b release and it work great. Move on from 8.2LTS as at the time I used it 8.2LTS didn't support it.

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                                      motwho
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                                      Hi. Maybe usefull or not.
                                      On my XCP-ng [8.2] host i already got an RTL8125 2.5Gb network adapter running, The second nic in the host.
                                      I do not know exactly how i got it running, but involved this forum and some console action. It was detected 'side-289-eth1' this was months ago in february i think. My first try with XCP-ng.

                                      last week updated XCP-ng on my host en rebooted.
                                      Now it seems to have been detected again and setup as eth1.
                                      But 'side-289-eth1' is also still there. Same mac-address
                                      No UTP plugged in at the moment.
                                      Maybe just for my host, but perhaps behaviour that others encounter?

                                      xcp-ng-nic1.jpg

                                      xcp-ng-nic2.jpg

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                                        bigdweeb @motwho
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                                        @stormi any chance of adding Realtek r8156? I started working on it a while go but couldn't quite get it to work.

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                                          Andrew Top contributor @bigdweeb
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                                          @bigdweeb Yes.

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