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Enabling LINUX
Building the
Driver from the
Source TAR File
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Note
The force option may be needed on some Linux distributions if
conflicts are reported.
Depending on the kernel, the driver is installed in one of the following
directories:
2.4.x kernels:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/
tg3.o
2.6.x kernels:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/
tg3.ko
5. To load the driver, enter one of the following commands:
insmod tg3.o
or
insmod tg3.ko (on 2.6 kernels)
or
modprobe tg3
To configure the network protocol and address, refer to the Linux version-
specific documentation.
To build the LINUX driver from the source TAR file, use the following
procedure:
1. Create a directory, called tg3 - version, and extract the TAR files to the
directory. Enter the following command:
tar xvzf tg3-version.tar.gz
2. Build the driver tg3.o or tg3.ko as a loadable module for the running
kernel. Enter the following commands:
cd src
make
3. The driver is compiled for the running kernel by default. To build the
driver for a kernel different from the one running, specify the kernel by
defining it in KVER. If this is not necessary, skip to step 4.
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