Perle Systems 5500152-23 manual Installing under Linux, General installation procedure for Linux

Installing under Linux

This section tells you how to install host cards, software drivers and utilities under the Linux operating system and includes the following:

•General installation procedure for Linux on page 86

•Installing Drivers onto your system on page 86

•Creating devices for the attached ports on page 89

•.UltraPort 8i and UltraPort81 Express RTS/DTR option on page 90

•Setultrap Interface Protocol Configuration Utility (UltraPort SI only) on page 90

General installation procedure for Linux

The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards, driver software and associated utilities for the Linux operating system is as follows:

1.Install any UltraPort cards you require into your system. See Installing host cards and cable accessories on page 94.

2.Install the UltraPort Linux drivers onto your system using the procedures described in Installing Drivers onto your system on page 86.

3.Create devices for the required ports using the procedures detailed in Creating devices for the attached ports on page 89.

Your system can now use the UltraPort serial adaptor cards you have installed.

Installing Drivers onto your system

The UltraPort cards and UltraPort SIinstalled on Linux machines use the perle-serial driver for Linux. The driver supports the Linux kernel versions 2.2, 2.4 and 2.6. The kernel header files are needed for kernel 2.2 and 2.4. For the 2.6 kernel, a configuration kernel source tree and a set of makefile rules describing how the modules are built is required.

The UltraPort Express cards installed on Linux machines use the perle-serial driver for Linux. The driver supports the Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6. The Kernel header files are needed for kernel 2.4. For the 2.6 kernel, a configuration kernel source tree and a set of makefile rules describing how the modules are build is required

The driver is supplied in both source RPM package format and a compressed tar file. The procedure for installation of each format is as follows:

UltraPort Serial Adaptors User Guide	Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
Installing under Linux	Page 86