Greetings,The upstream kernel seems to be outdated with version 1.09.9 of the drivers/net/usb/r8152.c driver. There is newer hardware now which requires the newer version where running with the old one becomes unstable. For example the latest Dell Precision 5520 uses this driver. I have currently tested the newest driver I can find which is dated 8/30/2017 at version 2.09.0.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=56&PFid=56&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#RTL8153 Attached is the driver.I have compiled this newer driver on Kernel 4.14.1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed and have been successful with no issues. It certainly is a lot more stable than the previous which caused issues coming out of sleep mode where it would drop the speed of the NIC to 100 and set it to half duplex.
I'm asking that we please look at updating this driver in the latest kernel.
Thanks, -- Cameron Seader Technology Strategist SUSE cs@xxxxxxxx (P)+1 208.572.0095 (M)+1 208.420.2167
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