Problem/Justification 6.18.23-production+truenas, as well as 25.10.5 / 25.10.4 Does not correctly bind a Realtek RTL8157 USB 5GbE adapter (0bda:8157) to the r8152 driver. The adapter instead binds to cdc_ncm, preventing it from functioning as a normal 5GbE interface with the intended Realtek drive…

As best as I can tell, the ask here is to include the out of tree Realtek r8152 DKMs driver in TN26, to support newer Realtek chipsets such as the 8157 and 8159. Support for those moved in tree with kernel 7.1 and 7.2 respectively, and so would be included in TN27 when it adopts the 2026 LTS kernel. …

There is also a related FR here with a JIRA ticket. [image] Include newer firmware Feature Requests Problem/Justification With Truenas Scale 26 the updated kernel supports the Realtek RTL8127 chip(can’t link it, but there was another feature request for gettin…

Sorta related. Bringing in a newer firmware package from backports is a different, and arguably smaller, ask than including an out of tree DKMS driver. And yes, the driver also needs the firmware to be effective.

Add native Realtek RTL8157 USB 5GbE support to TrueNAS SCALE

Feature Requests

SmallBarky July 23, 2026, 10:21pm 3

There is also a related FR here with a JIRA ticket.

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Add native Realtek RTL8157 USB 5GbE support to TrueNAS SCALE

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