5–Linux Driver Software
Installing Linux Driver Software
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Source Packages
Identical source files to build the driver are included in both RPM and TAR
source packages. The supplemental tar file contains additional utilities such
as patches and driver diskette images for network installation.
The following is a list of included files:
netxtreme2-
version
.src.rpm
: RPM package with 8400/3400
Series bnx2/bnx2x/cnic/bnx2fc/bnx2ilibfc/libfcoe driver source.
netxtreme2-
version
.tar.gz
: tar zipped package with 8400/3400
Series bnx2/bnx2x/cnic/bnx2fc/bnx2i/libfc/libfcoe driver source.
iscsiuio-
version
.tar.gz
: iSCSI user space management tool
binary.
open-fcoe-*.qlgc.
<subvert>
.
<arch>
.rpm
: open-fcoe
userspace management tool binary RPM for SLES11 SP2 and legacy
versions.
fcoe-utils-*.qlgc.
<subver>
.
<arch>
.rpm
: open-fcoe
userspace management tool binary RPM for RHEL 6.4 and legacy
versions.
The Linux driver has a dependency on open-fcoe userspace management
tools as the front-end to control FCoE interfaces. The package name of the
open-fcoe tool is
fcoe-utils
for RHEL 6.4 and
open-fcoe
for SLES11 SP2 and
legacy versions.
Installing Linux Driver Software
Installing the Source RPM Package
Building the Driver from the Source TAR File
NOTE
If a bnx2x, bnx2i, or bnx2fc driver is loaded and the Linux kernel is updated,
the driver module must be recompiled if the driver module was installed
using the source RPM or the TAR package.
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