Document date: 7/26/2001
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** Compiling and Installing the driver **
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To compile and install the driver, follow the procedures:
1) Login as some common user or the root.
2) Unzip and untar driver
In any directory, unzip and untar the driver, ending up with the following
files:
Makefile
tc902x.c
tc902x.h
tc902x_constants.h
tc902x_macros.h
tc902x_structs.h
tc902x_tune.h
3) "make" the driver
In the directory where you unzipped and untarred the driver, type "make" at
the prompt. Hopefully, the "make" utility will be in your path and will run.
Also, hopefully gcc, ld, and any other utilities needed will be in your path.
If and when the make completes, there should be an tc902x.o file in the same
directory.
4) Install the driver
Once you have the driver compiled, you have to switch yourself to user "root".
At the same directory and command prompt, type:
insmod tc902x.o
This should install the driver module into the kernel. Dependent on what other
ethernet NICs are installed, the TC902x NIC will be assigned the desigation
eth0, eth1, eth2, etc. Using this designation, you can open the interface using
the "ifconfig" command (man ifconfig), then you are on the way.
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** RedHat 7.0 **
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The kernel of the RedHat 7.0 distribution is version 2.2.16. But the version of
the include header files is 2.4 in the built up system, you may suffer that you
can not compile the driver under RedHat 7.0. To cover the problem, you have to
change the version of include header files back to correct 2.2.16. To do this,
you have to make sure the kernel sources is installed in the /usr/src/linux
directory. To change back, follow the procedures below:
cd /usr/include
mv asm asm2.4
mv linux linux2.4
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm asm
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux
The first command change yourself to the /usr/include directory, which is where
the include header files are placed. The second and third commands rename two
directories to 2.4 to reflect the fact that the two directories contain
incorrect files. The last two commands create two software links under
/usr/include to kernel sources where the kernel was built. By this way, you can
refer to the correct include header files.
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** RedHat 7.1 **
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Currently it is known that the driver could not be compiled under RedHat 7.1,
which uses kernel 2.4. The reason is unknown, and Tamarack has been trying to
solve the problem. The problem will be solved soon.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.