Linux device driver
SCOPES:
This driver is mainly used to support DEC DC21140 and DC21143.
INSTALLATION:
- login as root to extract the linux kernel source by doing the following
commands
#cd /usr/src
#gzip -cd linux-2.0.XX.tar.gz | tar xvf -
#cd linux
to get it all in place. Replace "XX" with the version number of the
kernel.
- do a "make config" to configure the basic kernel. You should find the
following options:
Enable loadable module support (CONFIG_MODULES) [N/n/?] y <--Yes
Networking Support (CONFIG_NET) [N/y/?] y <--Yes
PCI bios Support (CONFIG_PCI) [N/y/?] y <--Yes
Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) (CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET) [Y/n/?] n <--No
- do a "make dep" to set up all the dependencies correctly.
- do a "make zlilo" to compile your kernel.
- copy driver source codes from floppy disk by doing
#mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt
#cp /mnt/ethpci.tgz /usr/src
- extract it by doing
#cd /usr/src
#tar zxvf ethpci.tgz
- go to this ethernet driver subdirectory to do a "make" to compile it.
#cd /usr/src/ethpci <--The driver is in this place.
#make
- adding "insmod /usr/src/ethpci/ethpci.o" to /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
- reboot again
FORCE MEDIA:
- An example of using force media is "insmod /usr/src/ethpci/ethpci.o options=1".
Valid media type are:
0 - Autosense
1 - 10BaseT
2 - 10BaseT Full Duplex
3 - 100BaseTx
4 - 100BaseTx Full Duplex
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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