3–Installing Drivers
Linux Driver Software
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The Linux drivers can be installed using a source Red Hat packet manager (RPM)
package, a kmod RPM package, or a TAR file as follows:
qlgc-fastlinq-
<version>
.src.rpm
kmod-qlgc-fastlinq-
<version>
.
<arch>
.rpm
fastlinq-linux-
<version>
.tar.bz2
Installing the Linux Drivers without RoCE
To install the Linux drivers without RoCE, do the following:
1.
Download the QL45212 Adapter Linux drivers from
2.
Remove the existing Linux drivers, as described in
3.
Install the new Linux drivers using one of the following methods:
“Installing Linux Drivers Using the src RPM Package” on page 12
“Installing Linux Drivers Using the kmp/kmod RPM Package” on
page 13
“Installing Linux Drivers Using the TAR File” on page 13
qede
Linux Ethernet driver for the QL45212 Adapter. This driver directly controls
the hardware and is responsible for sending and receiving Ethernet pack-
ets on behalf of the Linux host networking stack. This driver also receives
and processes device interrupts, on behalf of itself (for L2 networking).
The qede driver requires Linux kernel version 2.6.32 or later. Testing was
concentrated on the x86_64 architecture.
qedr
Linux RDMA over converged Ethernet (RoCE) driver. This driver works in
the open fabric enterprise distributions (OFED) environment in conjunction
with the qed core module and the qede Ethernet driver. qedr requires that
the libqedr user library be installed on the server.
NOTE
For network installations through NFS, FTP, or HTTP (using a network boot
disk), a driver disk that contains the qede driver may be needed. Linux boot
drivers can be compiled by modifying the Makefile and the make
environment.
Table 3-1. QLogic QL45212 Linux Drivers (Continued)
Linux
Driver
Description
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