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Chapter 3: Installation
3. Click on INSTALL DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE.
4. Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
3-5 Installing Drivers on Linux
Follow the steps below to install the drivers in Linux.
Build a Binary RPM Package
1. Run ‘rpmbuild -tb <lename.tar.gz>’
2. Replace <lename.tar.gz> with the specic lename of the driver.
Note: For the build to work properly, the current running kernel MUST
match the version and conguration of the installed kernel sources. If you
have just recompiled the kernel, reboot the system at this time.
Follow the instructions below to build the driver manually.
1. Move the base driver tar le to the directory of your choice. For example:
/home/username/ixgbe
or
/usr/local/src/ixgbe
2. Untar/unzip archive, where <x.x.x> is the version number for the driver tar le:
tar zxf ixgbe-x.x.x.tar.gz
3. Change to the driver src directory, where <x.x.x> is the version number for
the driver tar:
cd ixgbe-x.x.x/src/
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