kernel: load r8169 network module at boot time

This allows the network interface naming to be stable, free from any
possible interaction from external USB network devices that might
claim usb* interface names.

(This was a real problem I encountered with a nanopi R6S device and
an external rtl8152 usb3 network controller - the USB controller would
claim the eth1 name, causing much confusion).

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <[email protected]>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/17638
(cherry picked from commit effcb6e4c3f6638ad4dde7a7e9218c4f7189019b)
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/18347
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <[email protected]>

diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netdevices.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netdevices.mk
index 4cfda093ca042745031086e25d25c6f8834c8e81..86ca7c93a1e5d108b05f9d47621f9048b74e0e80 100644 (file)
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/netdevices.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/netdevices.mk
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ define KernelPackage/r8169
     CONFIG_R8169 \
     CONFIG_R8169_LEDS=y
   FILES:=$(LINUX_DIR)/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.ko
-  AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,r8169)
+  AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,r8169,1)
 endef
 
 define KernelPackage/r8169/description