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where <arch> is the machine architecture such as i386:
rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/netxtreme2-<version>.i386.rpm
Note that the --force option may be needed on some Linux distributions if
conflicts are reported.
The drivers will be installed in the following path:
2.4.x kernels:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.o
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2x.o
2.6.0 kernels:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2x.ko
2.6.16 and newer kernels:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2x.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/cnic.ko
Newer RHEL and SLES distros:
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/bnx2.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/cnic.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/bnx2x.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/bnx2i.ko
/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/bnx2fc.ko
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