3 red hat® linux, Red hat, Linux -16 – Asus TS100-E5/PI4 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Driver installation

7. Confirm the installed driver version. For example, enter:

dmesg |grep sk98lin

8. Refer to SuSE distribution documentation to configure the network protocol

and address.

6.2.3

Red Hat

®

Linux

Follow these instructions when installing the Marvell

®

88E8056 LAN controller base

driver for the Red Hat

®

Linux OS:

Before installation

Follow the instruction below to prepare your Red Hat

®

Linux OS for Marvell

®

LAN

driver installation.
To prepare your Red Hat

®

Linux OS

1. Place the motherboard support CD in the optical drive.
2. Log in as root.
3. Ensure whether you have the needed kernel version and kernel source

installed in your system.

Enter rpm -qa |grep kernel

[root@localhost tmp]# rpm -qa |grep kernel

kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.el5

kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.el5

kernel-2.6.18-8.el5

4. Copy the Marvell

®

LAN driver from the support CD and save it in /tmp.

5. Enter # cd/usr/src

Enter ln-s /usr/src/kernels/<KERNELVERSION> /usr/src/linux

6. Enter make menuconfig, select Device Drivers > Network device support

> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) > Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx

Support > Enable loadable module support from the prompt menu, and

then save the new kernel configuration.

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