3–Installing Drivers
Linux Driver Software
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Installing Linux Drivers Using the kmp/kmod RPM Package
To install kmod RPM package:
1.
Type the following command at a command prompt:
rpm -ivh qlgc-fastlinq-
<version>
.
<arch>
.rpm
2.
Reload the driver:
modprobe -r qede
modprobe qede
Installing Linux Drivers Using the TAR File
To install Linux drivers using the TAR file:
1.
Create a directory and extract the TAR files to the directory:
tar xjvf fastlinq-minor-
<version>
.tar.bz2
2.
Change to the recently created directory, and then install the drivers:
cd fastlinq-minor-
<version>
make clean; make install
The qed and qede drivers will be installed in the following paths.
For SLES:
/lib/modules/
<version>
/updates/qlgc-fastlinq
For RHEL and CentOS:
/lib/modules/
<version>
/extra/qlgc-fastlinq
3.
Test the drivers by loading them (unload the existing drivers first, if
necessary):
rmmod qede
rmmod qed
modprobe qed
modprobe qede
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