RTL8152 new realtek driver make problem with 5.4.75+ firmware/kernel

[bogaskilop]

Describe the bug I have 120 pcs of raspberry pi zero 1.3 with installed debian strech all updates done also rpi-update so now i have kernel 5.4.75+ and for those rpi zeros i have lan adapters 140 pcs RTL8152B and also few asix AX8872A and AX8872BFL and CFL versions for test. but the issue is that new kernel has also old realtek driver r8152 1-1:1.0 eth0: v1.10.11

And during boot time on such an amoutn of rpi zeros there are issues with geting lan connection to those rpi and i need to just power them off and power on to get acces to them . i also using 4.14.78+ for tests but i am also unable to add new RTL 8152 driver to kernel

so rpi in such moments boots up lan internface is up as other scripts are runing on it recognising IP addres etc etc but there is no network so reboot required again .

here is a dmsg as a result of using a simple script to reset usb and unload kernel module and reinitialize network :

systemd[1]: Listening on fsck to fsckd communication Socket. [ 4.186894] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket. [ 4.637125] usbcore: registered new interface driver r8152 [ 4.653016] usb 1-1.1: reset low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg [ 4.963001] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 5.373034] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 5.783054] usb 1-1.1: reset low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg [ 6.123011] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 6.533012] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 6.763040] usb 1-1.4: reset high-speed USB device number 5 using dwc_otg [ 6.940559] r8152 1-1.4:1.0 eth0: v1.09.9 [ 7.183042] usb 1-1.1: reset low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg [ 7.622985] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 4, error -71 [ 7.624016] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null) [ 7.913057] usb 1-1.1: reset low-speed USB device number 4 using dwc_otg [ 8.353035] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 4, error -71 [ 8.356404] usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, device number 4 [ 8.452998] usb 1-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 6 using dwc_otg [ 8.509309] systemd-journald[80]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1 [ 8.553076] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 8.773057] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 8.993039] usb 1-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 7 using dwc_otg [ 9.093021] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 9.313073] usb 1-1.1: device descriptor read/64, error -71 [ 9.433440] usb 1-1-port1: attempt power cycle [ 10.093026] usb 1-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 8 using dwc_otg [ 10.533024] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 8, error -71 [ 10.633059] usb 1-1.1: new low-speed USB device number 9 using dwc_otg [ 11.073036] usb 1-1.1: device not accepting address 9, error -71 [ 11.073512] usb 1-1-port1: unable to enumerate USB device [ 11.316200] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 11.381952] bcm2835_alsa bcm2835_alsa: card created with 8 channels [ 17.641500] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 46.140745] r8152 1-1.4:1.0 eth0: carrier on [ 46.141047] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready [ 50.575000] random: crng init done [ 50.575024] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting

basicly booting rpi zero with usb lan adapter is a lotery to get it work properly so i wanted to install new REALTEK driver from https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/network-interface-controllers-10-100-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-usb-3-0-software

i installed headers but there is no build folder in 5.4.75+

so i wanted to try : /home/pi/r8152-2.14.0# make make -C /lib/modules/5.4.75+/build M=/home/pi/r8152-2.14.0 modules make[1]: *** /lib/modules/5.4.75+/build: No such file or directory. Stop. Makefile:24: recipe for target 'modules' failed make: *** [modules] Error 2

vcgencmd version Nov 6 2020 18:01:30 Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom version 9ae94aeb1241adffec586ae451862e3fa6e05e6a (clean) (release) (start_x)

uname -a Linux CAM100 5.4.75+ #1367 Mon Nov 9 15:00:41 GMT 2020 armv6l GNU/Linux

cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)" NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="9" VERSION="9 (stretch)" ID=raspbian ID_LIKE=debian HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

how can i add this new module to that kernel ? or can you just add this so every one else will not have problem with rtl8152 lan adapters and lan+hub adapters ?

thx Michal

[FD-]

I reported a very similar problem in 2019: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/3310

[Averell7]

[Possible solution]

The following issue has been solved by changing two options in raspi-config : I set Boot Order to the first option (SD Card) I set Boot Rom to default

I am unsure of which change was the responsible, because I have not done systematic tests, but I am sure that setting again the boot order to USB first, and the boot ROM to latest, the problem appeared again.

======================================= See the details here : https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1367

I also tested the solution found there and it worked for me. I added usb_modeswitch -v 0BDA -p 8151 --reset-usb (adapt to your devices) in rc.local, added a sleep 10 and then restarted the affected services. This is a dirty workaround, but it works.