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Chapter 6: Driver installation
4. Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard window appears. Follow
screen instructions to continue installation.
6.2.2 Red Hat
®
Enterprise ver. 3.0
Follow these instructions when installing the Broadcom
®
Gigabit LAN
controller base driver for the Red Hat
®
Enterprise ver. 3.0 operating
system.
Building the driver from the TAR file
To build the driver from the TAR file:
1. Create a directory and extract the TAR files:
tar xvzf bcm5700-<version>.tar.gz
2. Build the driver bcm5700.o as a loadable module for the running kernel:
cd bcm5700-<version>/src
make
3. Test the driver by loading it:
insmod bcm5700.o
4. Install the driver and man page:
make install
5. Refer to Red Hat distribution documentation to configure the network
protocol and address.
Install first the Kernel Development tools before building the driver from
the TAR file.