14:11:22 <danmcd> @nikolam -> your card is 10ec,8161, which we do not have immediate support for, but honestly, probably should, and with a few mods we could.  This is only GigE right?  Not 2.5 or faster?
14:49:35 <danmcd> Also @nikolam if I spun a PI with that PCI ID folded in, would you be able to test it?  (And if so, ISO, PI, or USB ?)
14:57:27 <nikolam> danmcd, thanks a lot for your interest. yes, just a Gigabit one
14:57:45 <nikolam> Yes danmcd I would love to get that PI
14:57:45 <danmcd> Which form factor do you prefer your spin?
14:58:12 <nikolam> I have both booting from USB and also can boot from HDD, so switching PI is trivial for me
14:59:22 <nikolam> Maybe one from HDD is better for testing, before it lands hopefully on one for USB. I anyway, usually update USB with unpacking it. 
15:02:58 <danmcd> So a PI .tgz file is sufficient.  TY.  Can't promise something, but if it's only adding a PCI ID it should be quick to bringup.
15:03:20 <danmcd> And if it works for you, the plan would be for it to land in illumos-gate first so all distros can enjoy it.
15:07:46 <nikolam> Actually I think it is not only adding PCI ID.. I think after adding PCI ID it is not even showing in dladm show-phys anymore. 
15:08:48 <nikolam> Currently in my /etc/driver_aliases it is there: rge "pci10ec,8168" 
15:09:08 <nikolam> So it is there and does not works for me.. 
15:11:24 <nikolam> Actually, it is written in driver_aliases as rge "pci10ec,8168,p" huh
15:41:38 <danmcd> The ",p" means it MUST match the literal device id. 
15:41:42 <danmcd> your prtconf says:
15:41:53 <danmcd> device-id: 00008161
15:41:53 <danmcd> vendor-id: 000010ec
15:41:58 <danmcd> No 8161.
15:42:42 <danmcd> Illumos bugs fenix illumos#17571 and illumos#17570 are relevant here.
15:42:43 <fenix> BUG 17571: rge(4D) should not bind to Realtek BMC device (Closed)
15:42:44 <fenix> ↳ https://www.illumos.org/issues/17571 | https://code.illumos.org/c/illumos-gate/+/4362
15:42:44 <fenix> BUG 17570: rge(4D) should aim before shooting (Closed)
15:42:44 <fenix> ↳ https://www.illumos.org/issues/17570 | https://code.illumos.org/c/illumos-gate/+/4363
15:43:13 <danmcd> I probably have to add 8161,p to it.
16:27:12 <nikolam> So I can test if you make it
16:27:49 <nikolam> If it doesn't fix it, i am interested in deep diving, whatever is needed to make it work, I think it is of wider interest, too. 
18:09:31 <danmcd> @nikolam I'm not sure if this may just work, but did I ask you to try the following earlier?
18:09:40 <danmcd> 1.) Edit /etc/driver_aliases and add this line:
18:09:49 <danmcd>     rge "pci10ec,8161,p"
18:09:56 <danmcd> 2.) Utter "devfsadm"
18:10:34 <danmcd> 3.) See if `dladm show-ether` starts showing rge0 ?
18:11:49 <danmcd> If that Just Works, the change will be simple.  If it doesn't, I won't have the time to dig deeply right away.
18:15:00 <danmcd> I will say that if you wish to deep-dive, consult FreeBSD's rl/if_rlreg.h for constant definitions, and their re/if_re.c for their moral equivalent of our rge for what revisions may need to be added in some cases.
18:15:42 <danmcd> (IMHO our rge *might* be capable of doing both the 1Gbit *and* future 2.5 & 5 but that'll require work, and probably looking at FreeBSD as Realtek has been, apparently in the past, loathe to share HW documentation.)