<![CDATA[RTL8153 Compile]]>Who wants to be a good ol sport and take the not so difficult challenge of compiling the driver?
So I am doing this on the latest Xen DDK and obtained the latest linux driver for the RTL8153 which is actually the 8152. I've gotten as far as running the make -j2 command however it replies with an error: error: ‘BMCR_SPEED10’ undeclared (first use in this function) and from what I've read the gcc is to old which is 4.5 I beleive. I'd like to install gcc 4.9 and give it a wack but I have no idea how to do it on the ddk. Any gurus able to help a homie out? Doing so we will have the common usb3.0 to gigabit NIC working. I know it is realtek but all it needs is a bit of elbow grease to get it working then we can always have a cheap $10 USB3 NIC option.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/topic/541/rtl8153-compileRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 10:42:18 GMTTue, 23 Oct 2018 14:42:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:29:29 GMT]]>@Andrew said in RTL8153 Compile:

@etomm For the code I compiled it mostly as-it (with one change to support the different XCP kernel header version). I also added three udev rule changes. One is included with the driver code. One change to stop XCP scripts changing USB ethernet names. And one that is to support static USB ethernet names and rename unknown USB ethernet devices to protect the system from conflicts.

I now have it working correctly with multiple USB ethernet adapters and stabled names that don't interfere with regular ethernet adapters. It still requires manually adding the MAC addresses and ethernet device names because XCP/Xen does not support USB ethernet devices.

@Andrew would you be willing to share the udev rule changes that you made? Also, are you using 8.2 or 8.3 beta? Thank you!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66873https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66873Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:29:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:21:45 GMT]]>@Andrew but I suppose that even without the udev rules, the device was still working with just the code compilation. I made it compile too, changing just a #if definition that was looking for kernel source version < 4.19.10 and mine is 4.19.0 but existing and was conflicting. Was there another code modification?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66716https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66716Fri, 20 Oct 2023 12:21:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:21:47 GMT]]>@etomm For the code I compiled it mostly as-it (with one change to support the different XCP kernel header version). I also added three udev rule changes. One is included with the driver code. One change to stop XCP scripts changing USB ethernet names. And one that is to support static USB ethernet names and rename unknown USB ethernet devices to protect the system from conflicts.

I now have it working correctly with multiple USB ethernet adapters and stabled names that don't interfere with regular ethernet adapters. It still requires manually adding the MAC addresses and ethernet device names because XCP/Xen does not support USB ethernet devices.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66714https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66714Fri, 20 Oct 2023 11:21:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:44:13 GMT]]>@Andrew but just to understand: did you do something else apart recompiling the r8152 project?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66706https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66706Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:44:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:55:43 GMT]]>@FilHarr The USB renaming rule works if I have one USB adapter... so I guess it's good enough for now.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66695https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66695Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:55:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:06:19 GMT]]>@FilHarr and @Andrew instead I had the driver compiled and loading. I am setting my USB 2.5 device with echo 1 > /sys/bus/usb/devices/2-5/bConfigurationValue to use r8152 but it stays always disconnected

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66693https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66693Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:06:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:23:42 GMT]]>@Andrew I eventually managed to get v2.17.1 of the realtek driver compiled and loaded. I have an RTL8153 and an RTL8156 based USB adapter connected to my host device which are both being correctly identified (took me a while to work out how to get the updated kernel module to load on boot but figured it out in the end). Have added both networks to a VM and everything seems to be working ok (transfer speeds are as expected).

What is the issue you're seeing with the USB naming? I already had the RTL8153 USB working with the default driver and a rename rule in '70-persistent-net.rules'. Added a similar rule for the RTL8156 USB and both renames seem to be surviving reboots with the updated 2.17.1 driver.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66238https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66238Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:23:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Wed, 04 Oct 2023 02:47:09 GMT]]>@FilHarr I have the driver built and working, but I have a USB naming problem that is not safely resolved by the previous workaround method so I have not finished testing. Looks like they will be adding the new 5Gb NICs soon.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66223https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66223Wed, 04 Oct 2023 02:47:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:48:27 GMT]]>@Andrew That sounds encouraging! Happy to help out by doing some testing if that's a) possible and b) would assist.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66063https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66063Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:48:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:38:43 GMT]]>@FilHarr The new realtek driver builds and loads.... I'll give it a try this weekend when my new USB adapter arrives.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66053https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66053Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:38:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:50:11 GMT]]>@FilHarr @olivierlambert Sure, I'll give it a go.
I have a USB r8153 and r8156 adapter on the way for testing.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66051https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66051Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:50:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:34:11 GMT]]>A topic for @Andrew I think ^^

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66049https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66049Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:34:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:05:50 GMT]]>Apologies for the bump of an old topic, but is anyone aware of the existence of an updated r8152 driver that will support the r8156 (2.5gbe) chipset within xcp-ng?

I can download the driver source from realtek directly, but am not 100% on how to compile it and then have xcp-ng use it in preference to the existing driver.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66043https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/66043Thu, 28 Sep 2023 19:05:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:25:17 GMT]]>@jokurinopoloski I reviewed your PR!

Thanks for the contribution 🙂

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34177https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34177Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:25:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:45:45 GMT]]>@olivierlambert Created a pull request on this matter, I hope it's properly described.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34174https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34174Mon, 07 Dec 2020 12:45:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:15:37 GMT]]>That would be wonderful and also helpful for other people having the same issue 🙂

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34098https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34098Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:15:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:54:26 GMT]]>@stormi I will try and look into that tomorrow! Thanks guys 🙂

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34097https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34097Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:17:33 GMT]]>@olivierlambert said in RTL8153 Compile:

Nice 🙂 I think we might document this in our doc, maybe in the troubleshooting section!

Agreed. @jokurinopoloski, could you try to contribute something to the https://xcp-ng.org/docs/troubleshooting.html page? ("Help us to improve this page!" link at the bottom)

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34096https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34096Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:17:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:05:49 GMT]]>Nice 🙂 I think we might document this in our doc, maybe in the troubleshooting section!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34093https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34093Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:05:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:04:37 GMT]]>HOLY MOLY! I think I fixed it by disabling TCP offloading according to this article:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/pvdrivers-troubleshooting.html#citrix-tcp-offloading

Internet works without ssl/tls errors! I'm going to check right away if I can get the 2.5Gbit speeds!

EDIT: As of now I get 1.70 Gbits/sec with an Iperf3 test, this is amazing! Not getting the full speed is probably because of VM overhead or the cat5E cables who aren't that shiny anymore.

I want to thank you all for taking the time to help! It must be a pain sometimes! Especially people who revive old threads. BUT I can finally follow my VirtualMachine dreams I had planned for a long time. You guys are amazing, I've been using Xcp-NG for a year and there will be many more years to come!

Merry Christmas! And I hope this thread will help a lot more xcp-ng fans!

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34089https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34089Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:29:09 GMT]]>@olivierlambert up to XCP-ng 8.1 we had the installer for management agent in a client_install directory on the ISO as in Citrix Hypervisor installation ISOs.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34088https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34088Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:29:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:38:39 GMT]]>I don't remember we bundle anything for Windows, @stormi ?

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34085https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34085Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:38:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:12:57 GMT]]>@gskger Changing the MTU didn't help unfortunately 😞 I'm starting to think there is something else going win combination with the PV adapter drivers.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34079https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34079Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:12:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RTL8153 Compile on Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:05:04 GMT]]>@olivierlambert I have been using the PV host adapter (PV drivers). It comes with the ManagementAgentx64.exe that can be found on the official Xcp-NG.ISO.

After un-installing and using emulation, it works fine, but around 30Mbit. When re-installing the PV drivers I get SSL errors again.

I'm trying to think what the problem could be, the PV drivers? the PV drivers who can't get along with the 2.5Gbe USB attached to the Xcp-NG server?

Isn't Xcp-NG just passing though it's connection to the VM?

Those are the questions I'm asking myself right now and I'll try digging into it on google a bit more.

Really strange that Ubuntu and in my case, Freenas works without problems.

]]>https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34077https://xcp-ng.org/forum/post/34077Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:05:04 GMT