Unloading/Removing The Linux Driver; Patching Pci Files (Optional); Network Installations - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

Linux Driver Software: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
Manual:
insmod bnx2i.ko
or
modprobe bnx2i

Unloading/Removing the Linux Driver

Unloading/Removing the Driver from an RPM Installation
Removing the Driver from a TAR Installation
Unloading/Removing the Driver from an RPM Installation
NOTES:
The examples used in this procedure refer to the bnx2 driver, but also apply to the bnx2x driver.
On 2.6 kernels, it is not necessary to bring down the eth# interfaces before unloading the driver module.
If the cnic driver is loaded, unload the cnic driver before unloading the bnx2 driver.
Prior to unloading the bnx2i driver, disconnect all active iSCSI sessions to targets.
To unload the driver, use ifconfig to bring down all eth# interfaces opened by the driver, and then type the following:
rmmod bnx2
NOTE: The above command will also remove bnx2, bnx2x, and cnic modules.
If the driver was installed using RPM, do the following to remove it:
rpm -e netxtreme2
Removing the Driver from a TAR Installation
NOTE: The examples used in this procedure refer to the bnx2 driver, but also apply to the bnx2x and bnx2i drivers.
If the driver was installed using make install from the tar file, the bnx2.ko driver file has to be manually deleted from the
operating system. See

Patching PCI Files (Optional)

NOTE: The examples used in this procedure refer to the bnx2 driver, but also apply to the bnx2x and bnx2i drivers.
For hardware detection utilities such as Red Hat kudzu to properly identify bnx2 supported devices, a number of files
containing PCI vendor and device information may need to be updated.
Apply the updates by running the scripts provided in the supplemental tar file. For example, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
apply the updates by doing the following:
./patch_pcitbl.sh /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable pci.updates
/usr/share/hwdata/pcitable.new bnx2
./patch_pciids.sh /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids pci.updates
/usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids.new
Next, the old files can be backed up and the new files can be renamed for use.
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids /usr/share/hwdata/old.pci.ids
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids.new /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable /usr/share/hwdata/old.pcitable
cp /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable.new /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable

Network Installations

For network installations through NFS, FTP, or HTTP (using a network boot disk or PXE), a driver disk that contains the
bnx2/bnx2x driver may be needed. The driver disk images for the most recent Red Hat and SuSE versions are included. Boot
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Installing the Source RPM Package for the location of the installed driver.