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This article mainly explains "how to install Intel Gigabit Network Card driver under Linux system". Interested friends may wish to have a look. The method introduced in this paper is simple, fast and practical. Let's let the editor take you to learn how to install Intel Gigabit Network Card driver under Linux system.

The Linux driver downloaded directly from the Intel website is e1000-5.2.52.tar.gz (the version may be changed). There is no compiled .o file in this package. It needs to be compiled under the Linux system before it can be used.

Because the network card needs to be compiled, make sure that the kernel source files are installed. Here is the installation of the kernel source files.

Add kernel source files under Linux

1. Use rpm-qa | grep kernel-source to check whether the package is installed.

If kernel-source-xxx is in the returned result (where xxx is the current kernel version of redhat, for example, rhel3 is 2.4.21-4EL), it has been installed. If no results are returned, you need to install the kernel-source package. Locate kernel-source-xxx.i386.rpm on the installation CD and install the rpm package with the following command:

2. If installed, use rpm-V kernel-source to check whether any file is missing. If there is no output, the file is complete.

3. If lost, use rpm-ivh-- force kernel-source-xxxx... Reinstall the package

This kernel-source package, on your RH installation CD, in Redhat/RPMS, if you haven't installed this package before, use rpm-ivh kernel-source-xxxx... To install, if it has been installed, need to overwrite the installation, using rpm-ivh-- force kernel-source-xxxx... This command forces installation.

Note: since AS 4, there is no kernel-source package, instead of kernel-dev package. Check whether this package is installed in the same way as above

Driver installation steps:

1. Copy this tar file to a user-defined directory, for example:

/ home/username/e1000 or / usr/local/src/e1000

two。 Unpack the package with the tar command:

Tar zxf E1000-5.2.52.tar.gz

3. Change to the src directory of the driver:

Cd E1000-5.2.52/src/

4. Compile the driver module:

Make

Then install this module

Make install

The binary element will be installed in the following location:

/ lib/modules/ [KERNEL _ VERSION] / kernel/drivers/net/e1000.o

The above path is the default installation location, which may be another location in some linux versions. For more information, please see the ldistrib.txt file in the driver's tar package.

5. Install the module:

Insmod e1000

6. Set the IP address of the network card:

Ifconfig ethxx is the number of the interface of the network card.

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