3–Driver Installation
Installing Linux Driver Software
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2.
Remove the driver module files:
If the drivers were installed using an RPM package, issue the following
command:
rpm -e qlgc-fastlinq-kmp-default-<version>.<arch>
If the drivers were installed using a TAR file, issue the following
commands for your operating system:
For RHEL and CentOS:
cd /lib/modules/<version>/extra/qlgc-fastlinq
rm -rf qed.ko qede.ko qedr.ko
For SLES:
cd /lib/modules/<version>/updates/qlgc-fastlinq
rm -rf qed.ko qede.ko qedr.ko
Installing Linux Drivers Using the src RPM Package
To install Linux drivers using the src RPM package:
1.
Issue the following at a command prompt:
rpm -ivh qlgc-fastlinq-<version>.src.rpm
2.
Change the directory to the RPM path and build the binary RPM for the
kernel.
For RHEL and CentOS:
cd /root/rpmbuild
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/fastlinq-<version>.spec
For SLES:
cd /usr/src/packages
rpmbuild -bb SPECS/fastlinq-<version>.spec
3.
Install the newly compiled RPM:
rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/qlgc-fastlinq-<version>.<arch>.rpm
NOTE
The
--force
option may be needed on some Linux distributions if
conflicts are reported.