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RHES 3 nic driver update - how?

  • 02-02-2005 4:07pm
    #1
    SwampThing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭


    I'm being told by IBM to update the drivers on 27 x205 servers running RH ES 3.

    I've an RPM package an some instructions on installing the driver, but I'd like some feedback from you guys.

    Do I need to do anything with the kernel to ensure the new driver is loaded/used?
    If so, how in the name of God do I do that? I've never had to build a kernel
    before.

    If not, can I post up the instructions and let you guys give them the once-over?

    Cheers....


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  • #2
    Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 811 ✭✭✭Rambo


    SwampThing wrote:
    I'm being told by IBM to update the drivers on 27 x205 servers running RH ES 3.

    I've an RPM package an some instructions on installing the driver, but I'd like some feedback from you guys.

    Do I need to do anything with the kernel to ensure the new driver is loaded/used?
    If so, how in the name of God do I do that? I've never had to build a kernel
    before.

    If not, can I post up the instructions and let you guys give them the once-over?

    Cheers....

    Just a small Guide Line

    you need to check that the rpm driver matches your kernel version
    if it does you will need to
    1. stop the network service network stop
    2. lsmod check to see what network driver is being used something like e1000
    3. rmmod e1000 removes the driver from the kernel
    4. rpm -Uhv <new-version-of-driver>.rpm hopefully will replace e1000.o with new one.
    5 insmod e1000 insert new driver (module) into kernel
    6 modinfo e1000 should display some info of module loaded hopefully new one

    7 service network start

    8 if all went well you should have network back


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