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3–Driver Installation
Installing Linux Driver Software
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For RHEL:
cd /root/rpmbuild
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/fastlinq-<version>.spec
For SLES:
cd /usr/src/packages
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/fastlinq-<version>.spec
3. Install the newly compiled RPM:
rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/qlgc-fastlinq-<version>.<arch>.rpm
The drivers will be installed in the following paths.
For SLES:
/lib/modules/<version>/updates/qlgc-fastlinq
For RHEL:
/lib/modules/<version>/extra/qlgc-fastlinq
4. Turn on all ethX interfaces as follows:
ifconfig <ethX> up
5. For SLES, use YaST to configure the Ethernet interfaces to automatically
start at boot by setting a static IP address or enabling DHCP on the
interface.
Installing Linux Drivers Using the kmp/kmod RPM Package
To install kmod RPM package:
1. Issue the following command at a command prompt:
rpm -ivh qlgc-fastlinq-<version>.<arch>.rpm
2. Reload the driver:
modprobe -r qede
modprobe qede
NOTE
The --force option may be needed on some Linux distributions if
conflicts are reported.