Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.2 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 09-25-2008, Руководство администратора

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# SUSE driver update
for i in /update/[0?9]*/install/adddir.s ; do
[ -x "$i" ] && "$i"
rm $i
done
This causes the
adddir.s
script to run, which creates soft links to all of the new files being
copied.
These lines might already be present in the
settings.txt
file.
8 Reboot the PXE-enabled device.
You should see the text “ZENworks 10 Patch 1” at the imaging maintenance mode prompt after
the operating system has booted.
9 Execute the tree program.
All of the files you put into the
driverupdate
file are now located under the
/update
directory
in the operating system after booting. Then, the
adddir.s
script (or the code that you added to the
settings.txt
file in Step 7 ) creates soft links under the
root
file system that point to the
corresponding files under the
/update
directory structure. You can verify this by running:
/# which tree
/bin/tree
/# ll /bin/tree
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Aug 31 21:45 /bin/tree -> /update/000/inst-sys/bin/tree
If you want to simply include a new hardware driver or kernel module in the imaging operating
system, an easier process might be to copy the
.ko
file into the
/dirstruct/linux/suse/
i386-9.2/modules/
directory. Then, the imaging operating system automatically loads any
.ko
files that are in this directory.
F.5 Adding or Updating LAN Drivers
As LAN card manufacturers develop and release new LAN adapters, they usually release new or
updated drivers as well. Sometimes the new LAN card functions properly with an earlier driver, and
sometimes the earlier driver does not recognize the new LAN card and refuses to load. Occasionally,
the older driver does load, but the LAN card exhibits serious performance problems. To obtain the
full performance capabilities of a new LAN card, you should use the new driver.
The following sections explain how to obtain or compile drivers:
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Section F.5.1, “Obtaining Drivers,” on page 642
Š Section F.5.2, “Building Drivers,” on page 643
If you need to load your drivers with specific parameters, see Section F.5.3, “Loading Drivers with
Parameters,” on page 644 .
F.5.1 Obtaining Drivers
New LAN drivers should be obtained from the manufacturer. Most LAN card manufacturers have
drivers available for free downloading from their Web site. Some drivers are available from
www.scyld.com/network, and the source to the Broadcom BCM5700 driver can be downloaded
from http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php.