Installation guide

Chapter 4: Installing the Linux Drivers

rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/bnx2x-

version

.arch.rpm

If you are installing over an existing distribution that may already

contain an older version of the driver, the —force option is needed.

Depending on the kernel, the driver is installed to one of the following

paths:

For 2.4.x kernels

/lib/modules/kernel_version/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2x.o

For 2.6.x kernels:

/lib/modules/kernel_version/kernel/drivers/net/

bnx2x.ko

4. To load the driver, enter one of the following commands:

insmod bnx2x

modprobe bnx2x

To configure the network protocol and address, refer to the documentation

provided with your operating system.

Building the

Driver from the

Source TAR File

This procedure describes how to build the bnx2x Linux driver from the

Source TAR file.

Building the bnx2x Driver

To build the bnx2x Linux driver from the Source TAR file, do the following:

1. Create a directory and extract the TAR files to the following directory:

tar xvzf netxtreme2-

version

.tar.gz

2. Build the driver bnx2x.ko (or bnx2x.o) as a loadable module for the

running kernel. Enter the following commands:

cd bnx2x-

version

/src

make

3. Test the driver by loading it (if necessary, first unload the existing

driver). Enter the following commands:

rmmod bnx2x

insmod bnx2x.o

modprobe crc32 && insmod bnx2x.o