INSTALLING ON LINUX
Installing on Linux
Installing on Linux Kernel 3.5 and Higher
Note:
The steps below were tested with Ubuntu 12.04 with Linux kernel 3.5.0 and may or may not work for
other 3.x.x versions.
After installing the ISI9234HPCIE in a PCIe slot:
1.
Power up the computer and boot to Linux.
2.
Go to www.multitech.com/setup/product.go and select your model from the Product drop down list.
3.
Download the Linux driver,
xr17v35x-lnx3.x.x-pak.zip
, into a specified directory, such as /exar.
4.
Start a terminal session and run command
# cd /exar
.
5.
Run command
# unzip xr17v35x-lnx3.x.x-pak.zip
.
6.
Find
Makefile
in the /exar, then execute command
# make
to compile the driver file, xr17v35x.ko.
7.
Run command
# insmod xr17v35x.ko
to activate the module driver.
Note:
This module registers Exar ports as “/dev/ttyXR0”, “/dev/ttyXR1”, etc.
8.
Go to
/lib/modules/(kernel version)/kernel/drivers
and run command
mkdir exar
9.
Copy the
xr17v35x.ko
file into the exar folder
/lib/modules/(kernel version)/kernel/drivers/exar
.
10.
Edit the /etc/modules file and add
xr17v35x
.
11.
Run the command
depmod
.
12.
Reboot Linux.
Linux device drivers and device should now be installed and activated.
To verify that the modules loaded, send the command
lsmod
Installing Drivers on Linux Kernel 2.6.x
Note:
The steps below were tested with Ubuntu and Linux kernel 2.6.32 and may or may not work for
other 2.x.x versions.
After installing the ISI9234HPCIE in a PCIe slot:
1.
Power up the computer and boot to Linux.
2.
Go to www.multitech.com/setup/product.go and select your model from the Product drop down list.
3.
Download the Linux driver,
xr17v35x-lnx3.x.x-pak.zip
, into a specified directory, such as /exar.
4.
Start a terminal session and run command
# cd /exar
.
5.
Run command
# unzip xr17v35x-lnx2.6.32-pak.zip
.
6.
Find
Makefile
in the /exar, then execute command
# make
to compile the driver file, xr17v35x.ko.
7.
Run command
# insmod xr17v35x.ko
to activate the module driver.
Note:
This module registers Exar ports as “/dev/ttyXR0”, “/dev/ttyXR1”, etc.
8.
Go to
/lib/modules/(kernel version)/kernel/drivers
and run command
mkdir exar
9.
Copy the
xr17v35x.ko
file into the exar folder
/lib/modules/(kernel version)/kernel/drivers/exar
.
10.
Edit the /etc/modules file and add
xr17v35x
.
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