FILE NAME: e1000-5.0.43a-1.src.rpm TITLE: HP Tested and Approved e1000 Linux NIC Driver VERSION: 5.0.43a LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP NC6132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6133 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6134 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7131 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7170 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6170 Gigabit Server Adapter OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.18-27 (SMP,UP and BigMem) Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.18-27 (SMP,UP and BigMem) Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional - Errata kernel 2.4.18-27 (SMP and UP) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 - Errata kernel 2.4.9-e.16 (SMP,UP and Enterprise) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 - Errata kernel 2.4.9-e.16 (SMP,UP and Enterprise) SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7) - Errata kernel 2.4.18-237 (SMP) - Errata kernel 2.4.18-256 (UP) Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition, SCO Linux 4.0, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 and Turbolinux 8 all powered by UnitedLinux 1.0. - Service Pack 2 (service packs must be installed in order, from service pack 1 to the above service pack) Note: Currently, the BigMem Kernel is not supported on Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional due to some driver installation issues. PREREQUISITES: Pentium based computer 128MB RAM minimum Latest HP system ROM Note: Please visit the following URL to upgrade the ROM http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/05/03 SUPERSEDES: e1000-4.4.19c-1.src.rpm DESCRIPTION: This RPM Package contains the HP Tested and Approved Linux e1000 driver for use with the Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: Documentation Enhancements Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Kernel Source Code Setup Installing the RPM Package Statistics Limitations Introduction ============ This file describes the Linux driver for the HP Gigabit Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section. After installation additional information can be found in the MAN page for e1000, and in the RELEASE.TXT file located at: For Red Hat: /usr/share/doc/e1000-/README For SuSE SLES7: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README For UnitedLinux 1.0: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/networking/nics/index.html Packaging ========= The driver is released in a source RPM format. The file name for the package is e1000-.src.rpm and is dependent on the kernel source code. If you have not installed the kernel source code and/or setup the source tree on your Linux system please see the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section below. The steps in the following section (kernel Source Code setup) and "Installing the RPM Package" have to be executed first time a new kernel is booted Kernel Source Code Setup ======================== The e1000 driver requires the presence of the kernel source code and configuring the kernel source before building the e1000 driver. The following steps need to be done once for each kernel that is booted. For example, if the current kernel is UP (uni-processor) and an SMP (symmetrical-multi-processor) kernel is booted, these steps must be performed again to configure the kernel source for SMP before building the e1000 driver for the SMP kernel. Red Hat installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per Red Hat instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to configure the kernel source to match the running kernel. # cd /usr/src/linux- # make mrproper # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` oldconfig # make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` dep SuSE SLES7 and UnitedLinux 1.0 installations: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, please install the kernel source code per SuSE instructions. Once installed, please follow the commands listed below to setup the kernel source tree. # cd /usr/src/linux-.SuSE # cp /boot/vmlinuz.config .config # cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h include/linux/version.h # cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h include/linux/autoconf.h # make oldconfig # make dep Installing the RPM Package ============================= 1. This package requires the kernel source code as well as setting up the source tree. Verify the source code /usr/src/linux- directory exist. # cd /usr/src/linux- If the kernel source code is not present then please refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section. 2. Install the source RPM package. # rpm -ivh e1000-.src.rpm 3. Build the binary RPM for the e1000 driver. Red Hat Installation: # cd /usr/src/redhat # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e1000.spec SuSE SLES7 and UnitedLinux Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpm -bb SPECS/e1000.spec If you get an error during the build process, please refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section to correctly setup the source tree. 4. Install the new RPM package. This installs the e1000 driver and man page. Dependency Information: Please note that the "sed" utility is required to succesfully install the e1000 rpm package. Please ensure that for redhat and UnitedLinux 1.0 systems, the sed-.rpm package is installed before running the following commands. On SuSE SLES7, the sed utility /bin/sed should be installed as a part of the base installation itself. # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-.i386.rpm If an older version of e1000 already exists or a conflict occurs, please use the "force" command as shown below. # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-.i386.rpm --force The e1000.o module is installed in the following directory: Red Hat 8.0 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/e1000 Red Hat 7.3 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/e1000 Red Hat 7.2 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/e1000 Red Hat AS 2.1 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/addon/e1000 Red Hat ES 2.1 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/addon/e1000 SuSE SLES7 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/e1000 UnitedLinux 1.0 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net/e1000 5. Configure your network setting and address. You may need to refer to your Linux vendor documentation. Helpful network configuration tools such as "yast" in SLES 7 or linuxconf/ksconfig (KDE)/redhat- config-network (GNOME)/netconfig (ncurses) in Red Hat exist for easy configuration. 6. Ensure that the /etc/modules.conf file is configured similar to the example listed below. The example below is presented as if more than one adapter is present. If so, one eth# instance should exist for each ethernet port. View the modules.conf man page for more information. alias eth0 e1000 alias eth1 e1000 7. You can now reboot your server. Upon reboot the network should start with the e1000 driver loaded and the correct network configuration. To verify that the e1000 driver is loaded use the following command. # lsmod If e1000 is listed then the e1000 driver is loaded. You can also verify that the correct e1000 driver is loaded through any of the following methods. Please note that version of the driver loaded should be same as that of the package version. 1. Look for driver load messages in the system log. #dmesg | grep Intel You should see messages of the following type, Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version x.x.x 2. Check the ethernet adapter driver information through the /proc interface. #grep Driver_Version /proc/net/PRO_LAN_Adapters/*.info Statistics ========== Detailed statistics, configuration information and driver information can be viewed by: # more /proc/net/PRO_LAN_adapters/eth#.info. Limitations =========== Some Linux distributions may not add the default route back to a specified network device when a network stop/start command is used. Use the route command to add the default router back to the network device. Some Linux distributions may not add the default assigned IP address back to a specified network device when using the following: ifconfig eth(x) down rmmod insmod ifconfig eth(x) up Another step to reassign the IP address back to the device may be required: ifconfig eth(x) Some Linux distributions may add multiple IP addresses with the same system name in the /etc/hosts file when configuring multiple network devices. An error regarding the "PCI_BUS_SPEED" may also be encountered. 33MHz is displayed for 33MHz bus speeds, however 66MHz speed will be reported for 50MHz and 100MHz PCI-X busses as well as 66MHz PCI busses Uninstalling the RPM ==================== The following command will uninstall the e1000 RPM. # rpm -e e1000- Copyright 2002, 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies