Sun Microsystems Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter manual Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform

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Installing the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms

This appendix explains how to install the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet device driver in a Linux environment. This appendix contains the following sections:

■“Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform” on page 77

■“Tuning for Maximum Performance” on page 80

■“Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment” on page 82

Setting Up the Driver on a Linux

Platform

If your system uses the Linux operating system you will need to perform the following procedure to be sure the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet device driver is properly installed and loaded.

▼To Set Up the Driver on a Linux Platform

1.Build the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet device driver:

■For RedHat, use the following command:

#rpmbuild --rebuild sun-pci-e-dual-gigabit-kernel-6.1.5.src.rpm

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