[Solved] Last night's updates did not go well

[linuxha]

Last night I saw that there was an update (from 22.1 to 22.1 ?) to various software and decided to run the update. Well that didn't go well. Seems my if_re.ko was removed from the /boot/loader.conf (I've put it in /boot/loader.conf.d/if_re.config). This lead to all sorts of problems as re0 was my WAN.  :'( Any I can't quite restore from a backup as I can't get re0 to be recognized. Can anyone suggest how I go about diagnosing this problem. I'm new to OpenBSD and so far I know I can see the card:

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none2@pci0:3:0:0:       class=0x020000 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10ec device=0x8125 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x0123
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet


Not an emergency as I've fallen back to a 1G interface so I can reach the internet just can't get re0 up.

[RedVortex]

Can your issue be related to this release note ?

o The Realtek vendor driver is no longer bundled with the updated FreeBSD kernel.  If unsure whether FreeBSD 13 supports your Realtek NIC please install the os-realtek-re plugin prior to upgrading to retain operability of your NICs.

[franco]

Yes, FreeBSD 13 does not support the 2.5GbE NIC, but the os-realtek-re plugin will as advertised in a few release notes.


Cheers,
Franco

[linuxha]

Can your issue be related to this release note ?

o The Realtek vendor driver is no longer bundled with the updated FreeBSD kernel.  If unsure whether FreeBSD 13 supports your Realtek NIC please install the os-realtek-re plugin prior to upgrading to retain operability of your NICs.

Oops, looks like I deserve a public whipping with a cat6-o-802.3 tails  :-[

Thanks, I'll install the os-realtek-re. I had installed the if_re package about a week ago and it was working. Didn't think to read the release notes for drivers updates.

[linuxha]

Thanks Franco, RedVortex, that solves the problem. I now have re0 and 2.5G media setting.

Solution: install the os-realtek-re plugin