topic Re: installing an ethernet driver in Operating System - Linux

installing an ethernet driver

khilari — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:22:44 GMT

Hi guys, i have to install an ethernet driver. Right now i have it in the /usr/src directory. Now, what is the next step to go about installing it.
Thanks

Re: installing an ethernet driver

George Liu_4 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:25:37 GMT

if you are running redhat type Linux,

use rpm

If the driver is distributed with tar ball, use
typical
configure, make, install
and put the module file in the kernel lib modules path

and modprobe it

Re: installing an ethernet driver

khilari — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:53:10 GMT

bnx2-1.4.43f-1.src.rpm This is the ethernet driver i am trying to install. It is in /usr/src directory. Can you kindly tell me steps inorder to install it.
I am a novice in linux.
Thanks

Re: installing an ethernet driver

George Liu_4 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:11:14 GMT

steps:

rpmbuild --rebuild bnx2-1.4.43f-1.src.rpm
go to /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/ or sibling directory, find a bnx2-1.4.43f-****.rpm
and rpm -ivh bnx2-1.4.43f-****.rpm

Depends on the kernel 2.4 or 2.6, you may check the .o or .ko files are under /lib/modules/...
directorirs

Re: installing an ethernet driver

George Liu_4 — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:01:06 GMT

has your problem be fixed? if yes, assign points. Thanks