AMCC 9000 manual Kernel String Conventions

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Driver Installation Under Red Hat Linux

About Variables In the Driver Installation Instructions

These conventions are used for variable text for kernel strings and module names in the instructions on the following pages.

Kernel String Conventions

<kernel string> refers to the kernel version.

The kernel string will have different endings, depending on the kernel you are using.

„For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in smp. For example: 2.4.18-14smp.

„For an Enterprise kernel, the kernel string will end in

enterprise. For example: 2.4.18-14enterprise

„For a Bigmem kernel, the kernel string will end in bigmem. For example: 2.4.18-14bigmem

„For a Hugemem kernel, the kernel string will end in hugemem. For example: 2.4.18-14hugmem

Module Naming Conventions

3w-9xxx.* refers to the specific module you will copy in the examples shown in steps 3 and 4.

The name of the module you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel; however you will always copy it to a file named 3w-9xxx.o for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels. The available module files are:

„For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.o

„For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp

„For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent

„For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big

„For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug

„For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32

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