7.4.2Red Hat® Enterprise

Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom 5721 LAN controller base driver for the Red Hat® Enterprise operating system.

Building the driver

Install first the Kernel Development tools before building the driver from the TAR file.

To build the driver:

1.Copy the Lan Driver from the SCD and save it in TMP.

2.Decompress the file.

3.Enter DriverInstall.

4Enter ./install.sh.

5.Enter # cd/usr/src/linux

# cat/patch-location/sk98lin_vX.XX_a_b_c_patch patch -p1.

6.Enter make menuconfig, select Broadcom 1000 Lan from the prompt menu, and then select M from the submenu.

7.Enter make clean.

8.Enter make modules.

9.Enter make modules SUBDIRS=drivers/net/sk98lin/ V=1.

10Enter make modules_install SUBDIRS=drivers/net/sk98lin/ V=1.

11Enter rm /lib/modules/2.6.16.21-0.8-bigsmp/kernel/drivers/net/ssk98lin/ sk98lin.ko.

12.Enter depmod.

13.Enter modprobe sk98lin.

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Chapter 7: Driver installation