ISI Quick Start Guide
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Installing the ISI Card Driver in Linux MultiTech' s version 1.01 driver for the ISI Cards works with the 2.4.x Linux kernel. It
has been tested with RedHat Release Versions 7.3, 8.0, and 9.0.
System Requirements, Prerequisites, & Conditions of Use Hardware Platform: Intel x86
Linux kernel version: 2.4.x
GNUC Compilerversion: 2.72 or later
ISI capacity per computer: up to 4 board s
Drivertype: use MultiTech driver only; do not use any drivers
included with the Linux OS (like Exar drivers).
FullLinux Inst allation: For the ISI card to operate prope rly, all components of the
Linux OS should be instal led. If the ISI card does not
operate properly in a Linux installation where some
componen t s a re missin g, then those missing Linux
components should be added and the ISI card
should be uninstalled and re-installed. (The 'make'
utility, the GNU C compiler, and the kernel sources
need to be installed on your system. If any of these
are missing, the compilation will fail. Most later Linux
OSs install these elements automatically. In any event,
for best results, the Linux OS installation should include
all elements.)
Linux Driver Installation Overview The Linux driver files can be obtained from the Multi-Tech FTP site, or from the ISI
Card Product CD. Installation consists of three processes:
(A) building the driver using the 'make install' script,
(B) creating tty device names, and
(C) verifying successful loading of the driver.
We describe this installation in detail in the sections below.
Note: All Linux line command expressions are case-sensitive. The commands
shown in this procedure will work only if you use capital letters and lower-case
letters exactly as shown.