Is anyone here using the "Realtek 8126VB 5Gbps"?

[lekto]

Hi, I'm looking for a motherboard for my new PC; the cheapest that looks good to me is "MSI PRO X870-P WIFI", it has a Realtek 8126 Ethernet chip. I looked up this chip, and I see mixed results:
- People are complaining about it not working.
- People mention driver on the Realtek website, but I don't know which, or if it is in the Gentoo repo.
- Most probes on linux-hardware.org (https://linux-hardware.org/?view=search&name=RT8126#list) are failed.

Anyone here is using this chip and can share their own opinion on it?

[iiAku]

Hello,

I faced the same issue and I was able to make it work installing the drivers from here:
https://github.com/openwrt/rtl8126

Don't know exactly how that fit into a gentoo installation but it should work normally.

I also work a blog post here that show to install it if you are not familiar how to install it from the sources:
https://iiaku.com/2024/12/17/how-to-install-realtek-rtl8126-drivers-on-linux/

Regards,