6.2.2 Red Hat® Linux 9.0

Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom® Gigabit LAN controller base driver for the Red Hat® Linux version 5.2.x operating system. The following procedures were tested for 2.4.x kernels through 2.4.20.

Installing the source RPM package

To install the source RPM package:

1.Install the source RPM package:

rpm -ivh bcm5700-<version>.src.rpm

2.Change the directory to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel:

cd /usr/src/{redhat,OpenLinux,turbo,packages,rpm ..} rpm -bb SPECS/bcm5700.spec or rpmbuild -bb SPECS/ bcm5700.spec

The RPM path is different for different Linux distributions.

3.Install the newly built package (driver and man page): rpm -ivhRPMS/i386/bcm5700-<version>.i386.rpm

You need the force option when installing the driver on some distributions that has an older version of the driver.

For 2.2.x kernels, the driver is installed in:

/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/net/bcm5700.o

For 2.4.x kernels, the driver is installed in:

/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/ bcm5700.o

For 2.4.x kernels with bcm5700 driver patched in, the driver is installed in:

/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/bcm/ bcm5700.o

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/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/addon/ bcm5700/bcm5700.o

4.Load the driver: insmod bcm5700

5.Refer to Linux distribution documentation to configure the network protocol and address.

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