Installation guide

Network Adapter Card Installation Guide - Book II

Driver Parameters

Parameters can be set in a file called skge.conf in the directory

/kernel/drv. This file is created during installation, but does only contain

comments. Edit it to review your settings. The syntax for this file is :

❑ for string parameters:

ParamName="string";

❑ for integer parameters:

ParamName=value;

You can also see: man driver.conf.

Note

All parameters and values are case sensitive. Write them exactly as

shown. Additionally, all parameters must be followed by a

semicolon.

Parameters in this file will be used immediately if you create this file

before installing the driver. (Installation will then ask to overwrite the

file.) If you change the parameters while the driver is already running,

you have three possibilities to use the new settings:

❑ Reboot the system. Refer to Dual Net Operation Mode on page 86.

❑ Unload the driver with rem_drv and load it again with add_drv.

Refer to Dual Net Operation Mode on page 86.

❑ Unload and reload the driver with modunload/modload.

To use the

Unload and

Reoad Method

To use unload and reload the driver with modunload/modload, perform

the following procedure:

1. Deactivate the IP interfaces of all adapters with the following

command executed for each interface:

ifconfig <interface_name> unplumb

Example: ifconfig skge0 unplumb

2. Make sure that no other application or OS daemon is connected to

any of the adapters.

3. First you need the module ID of the skge driver. You can retrieve it

by entering the following command:

modinfo | grep skge

You will see one line like this: