Aleksandr

The issue is fixed. ixgbe driver is added to armbian since commit 29415e0a417222ad533814b12283cbf9c0387562. To get ixgbe on Armbian Focal (kernel 5.10.y), a user must install updated linux-image and linux-dtb packages. Grab updates here: https://github.com/armbian/build/suites/4422190367/artifacts/116973215

In my case, this kind of setup is perfect for testing if my copper wiring capable of 10G bandwidth. My new apartment is going to have Cat.6 wires built into concrete walls and it's important to have ability to check that it's done right as soon as possible. I want something portable to be attached at both ends of individual network segment and prove that it's running at 10G speed. A professional solution for that might cost $5k+: LINKRUNNER 10G Professional KIT. An alternative would be spend $500 on 10G DAC Ethernet switch (like TP-Link TL-SX1008) and another $500 on RockPro64 + Intel X550 setup. I end up having a basic "10G network tester" plus I am re-using all of its components after. I was looking a distribution for a my Rockpro64 that has X550 drivers. I think I will stick with Debian at this point.

That sounds like a last resort solution. Can ixgbe be fetched via apt? Armbian already has it in linux-modules-5.11.0-40-generic. Is linux-modules-5.10.60-rockchip64 available?

U need ixgbe to run my Intel X550T 10G Ethernet NIC. That module seems to be a part of linux-modules-$(uname -r) package. My kernel version is 5.10.60-rockchip64. However, I do not have linux-modules-5.10.60-rockchip64 available via apt. # apt install linux-modules-$(uname -r) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-5.10.60-rockchip64 E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-5.10.60-rockchip64' I have apt downloaded linux-modules of some greater kernel release to make sure it provides ixgbe.ko. It does: # apt install --download-only linux-modules-5.11.0-40-generic # dpkg --contents /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-modules-5.11.0-40-generic_5.11.0-40.44~20.04.2_arm64.deb | grep ixgbe drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-10-26 15:50 ./lib/modules/5.11.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 665577 2021-10-26 15:50 ./lib/modules/5.11.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2021-10-26 15:50 ./lib/modules/5.11.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ -rw-r--r-- root/root 148153 2021-10-26 15:50 ./lib/modules/5.11.0-40-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.ko How do I get ixgbe for my actual kernel? Thanks, - Aleksandr