\HELP\LINUX\LINUX.TXT NETGEAR FA312/FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter --------------------------------------------- LINUX Driver Installation Overview ---------------------------------- RedHat Linux ------------ Installation Procedure for Modular Kernel ----------------------------------------- 1. During installation of Linux, make sure that the "C Development" selection is choosen under "Component to Install" window. This will copy the C compiler into the system for compiling the driver. 2. Also in the Network Configuration window during installation, you will be asked if you want to configure LAN (not dailup) networking for your installed system. Answer YES. 3. Insert the floppy disk with the FA312 driver, and mount the disk into the system with the following command: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt 4. Copy the Linux-related files from the disk into the system hard disk with the following command. Four files will be copied: FA312.c, FA312.h, FA312.o and MAKEFILE. cp /mnt/linux/*.* . 5. Compile FA312.c by executing the "MAKEFILE" command at the prompt. The following command will be executed. gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O -m486 -c FA312.c 6. Find the names of the files in the /lib/modules directory. You might see the following directories. eg. "2.0.36-0.7" and "preferred". 7. Copy the newly compiled FA312.o into the latest kernel's modules. cp FA312.o /lib/modules/2.0.36-0.7/net/FA312.o 8. Reboot the system. 9. You can check if the driver is properly activating the card using the "dmesg" command right after system bootup. Installation Procedure for Monolithic Kernel -------------------------------------------- 1. cp FA312.c /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/FA312.c 2. /user/src/linux# make config set the following a. EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers (CONFIG_NET_EISA) [N/y/?] Y 3. Rebuild and install new kernel and reboot. a. make dep b. make clean c. make zImage or make zlilo Slackware 3.6 ------------- Installation Procedure for Modular Kernel ----------------------------------------- Slackware automatically install the compiler into the system, there is no need to alter the default installation procedure to add additional components. 1. Insert the floppy disk with the FA312 driver, and mount the disk into the system with the following command: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt 2. Copy the Linux-related files from the disk into the system hard disk with the following command. Four files will be copied: FA312.c, FA312.h, FA312.o and MAKEFILE. cp /mnt/linux/*.* . 3. Compile FA312.c by executing the "MAKEFILE" command at the prompt. The following command will be executed. gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O -m486 -c FA312.c 4. Find the names of the files in the /lib/modules directory. You might see the following directories. eg. "2.0.35" and "preferred". 5. Copy the newly compiled FA312.o into the latest kernel's modules. cp FA312.o /lib/modules/2.0.35/net/FA312.o 6. Edit the "rc.modules" file in the /etc/rc.d directory with the following command: vi /etc/rc.d/rc.modules 7. Search the following line: "# /sbin/modprobe FA312" 8. Remove the "#" character at the beginning of the line and save the file. " /sbin/modprobe FA312" 9. Update kernel's module dependencies with the following command: /sbin/depmod -a 10. Reboot the system. 11. You can check if the driver is properly activating the card using the "dmesg" command right after system bootup. Installation Procedure for Monolithic Kernel -------------------------------------------- 1. cp FA312.c /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/FA312.c 2. /user/src/linux# make config set the following a. EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers (CONFIG_NET_EISA) [N/y/?] Y 3. Rebuild and install new kernel and reboot. a. make dep b. make clean c. make zImage or make zlilo NOTE: The latest testing version of the driver should compile with all 1.2.*, 1.3.* development tools, 2.0.* and 2.1.* kernels.Download Driver Pack
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