Problem with 6.5 kernel and r8168 module

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I reported issue with network-r8168 driver in [Testing Update] 2023-09-11

linux515-r8168 and linux61-r8168 (8.051.02-1) packages fail to load r8168 driver

Latest version (8.051.02-2) also fails to load r8168 driver linux61-r8168 and linux65-r8168

Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: N/A modules: r8169, r8168 pcie: gen: 1

Users in a similar situation can load r8169 driver without rebooting to reinstate network connection

sudo modprobe r8169

and then use mhwd to uninstall all kernel modules and remove r8169 blacklist

sudo mhwd -r pci network-r8168

Users who need a working r8168 driver can install dkms and AUR driver r8168-dkms

pamac install dkms; pamac build r8168

and blacklist r8169

sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-r8169.conf <<< 'blacklist r8169'
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