SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Linux 25
Install the driver To use the driver as a module or integrate it into the kernel, proceed as follows:
1. After you have installed the adapter in your computer, boot your Linux system (for details, see
chapter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").
2. Login as “root”.
3. Go to the directory /usr/src/linux.
4. Execute the command: make menuconfig for the console mode, or
execute the command: make xconfig for the graphical mode.
The kernel configuration menu (Main Menu) is displayed.
5. Select NETWORK DEVICE SUPPORT.
6. Select ETHERNET (1000 MBIT).
7. To integrate the driver permanently into the kernel, mark SYSKONNECT SK-98XX SUPPORT with
(*).
To compile the driver as a module, mark SYSKONNECT SK-98XX SUPPORT with (M).
8. Select EXIT.
The Main Menu is displayed.
9. Select LOADABLE MODULE SUPPORT.
The menu “Loadable module support“ is displayed.
10. Select ENABLE LOADABLE MODULE SUPPORT.
11. Select KERNEL MODULE LOADER.
12. Select EXIT.
13. Configure other options, e.g. SCSI, file systems, etc.
14. To quit the configuration, select EXIT.
15. When the message “Do you wish to save your new kernel configuration” is dis-
played, select YES.
Now build a new kernel by executing the following commands:
16. Execute the command: make dep.
17. Execute the command: make clean bzImage.
18. Execute the command: make modules.
19. Execute the command: make modules_install.
20. If you use “lilo” as a boot loader, execute the command:
make bzlilo.
If no errors occurred, the new kernel is installed in the “root” directory.
21. Go to the “root” directory by executing the command: cd /.
22. Copy the new kernel into your boot directory by executing the commands :
cp vmlinuz /boot/<name of the new kernel> and
cp System.map /boot/.
23. Edit the boot loader configuration file to boot the new kernel, e.g. “lilo.conf”.
24. If you use “lilo” as a boot loader, execute the command: lilo.
25. Reboot your system with the new kernel.
26. If you use the driver as a module, continue with “Load the module”.
If you integrated the driver into the kernel, continue with “Assign an IP a ddress”.
Load the module If you use the driver as a module, the module has to be loaded manually.
To load the module manually, proceed as follows:
1. Execute the following command: modprobe sk98lin.
2. If the SysKonnect adapter is installed in your computer and you have a /proc file system , exe-
cute the command:
ls /proc/net/sk98lin.
This should produce an output containing a line with the following format: