linux newbie

[Bill McGonigle]

On Jan 8, 2007, at 21:31, Ben Scott wrote:

> which suggests building the driver from source -- yuck.

I seem to recall running across a server recently with this chip, but  
I can't seem to figure out which one it was at the moment to pull the  
config off of it.  But building the source wasn't a big deal.  Making  
sure gcc and friends and the kernel source tree are installed are  
likely to be bigger challenges, but perhaps more documented ones.

driver:
    ftp://210.51.181.211/cn/nic/r1000_v1.05.tgz

from README:

<Requirements>

   - kernel source tree (supported versions 2.4.x or 2.6.x)
   - compiler/binutils for kernel compilation

<Quick install with proper kernel settings>

   Unpack the tarball :
         tar vzxf r1000_vX.YZ.tgz

   Change to the directory:
         cd r1000_vX.YZ

   If you are running the target kernel, then you should be
   able to do :

         make clean modules      (as root or with sudo)
         make install
         depmod -a



-Bill


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