FILE NAME: e1000-6.1.10b-1.src.rpm TITLE: HP NC61xx/71xx/310x Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Linux VERSION: 6.1.10b LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers PRODUCTS AFFECTED: HP NC310F PCI-X Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6133 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6134 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC6170 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7131 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7132 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC7170 Gigabit Server Adapter OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64/EM64T - Update 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for x86 - Update 1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for AMD64/EM64T - Update 5 + errata kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for x86 - Update 5 + errata kernel 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for AMD64/EM64T - Service Pack 2 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for x86 - Service Pack 2 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for AMD64 - Service Pack 4 + errata kernel 2.4.21-292 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 for x86 - Service Pack 4 + errata kernel 2.4.21-292 PREREQUISITES: ProLiant server supporting one of the above operating systems 256MB RAM minimum Latest HP system ROM Note: Visit the following URL to upgrade the ROM http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files (select ProLiant from the server column) EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/18/2005 SUPERSEDES: e1000-5.7.6a-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: - Tested on latest distributions - Added Limestome Id in spec file - Fixed Build failure on SLES8 - Fixed issue of e1000 failing to load because of missing e1000_release_software_semaphore() function definition - Fixed "Freeing alive device
" message getting logged continously Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Kernel Source Code Setup Installing the RPM Package Limitations Known Issue Uninstalling the RPM 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 README file located at: Note: The manual page of e1000 and README files are not yet updated with information related to SLES 9. For Red Hat: /usr/share/doc/e1000- For SUSE SLES 8/9: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000 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 refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section below. The steps in the following sections "Kernel Source Code Setup" and "Installing the RPM Package" have to be executed the 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 SLES 8/9 Installation: If the /usr/src/linux- directory does not exist, install the kernel source code per SUSE instructions. Once installed, follow the commands listed below to set up the kernel source tree. # cd /usr/src/linux- # make mrproper # make cloneconfig # 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 exists. # cd /usr/src/linux- If the kernel source code is not present, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section. Note: Kernel source code setup is not required for Red Hat EL4. Hence ignore this step for RHEL4. 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 SLES 8 Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpm -bb SPECS/e1000.spec SUSE SLES 9 Installations: # cd /usr/src/packages # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e1000.spec If you get an error during the build process, refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section to correctly setup the source tree. 4. Check for the existence of a current version of the e1000 package as follows: # rpm -q e1000 If an old version of the package exists, the RPM package should be removed. # rpm -e e1000 Verify that the old e1000 package has been removed as follows: # rpm -q e1000 5. Install the new RPM package. This installs the e1000 driver and man page. Do not use the U (Upgrade) flag in the RPM command below - previous e1000 drivers must be removed as described in step 4 above before installing this version. Dependency Information: Note that the "sed" utility is required to succesfully install the e1000 rpm package. Ensure that for Red Hat and SUSE systems, the sed-.rpm package is installed before running the following commands. # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-.i386.rpm The e1000.o module is installed in the following directory: Red Hat EL 3/4 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net Red Hat EL 2.1 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net SUSE SLES 8/9 /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/net On 2.6 kernels a e1000.ko module will be installed instead of e1000.o 6. Configure your network setting and address. You may need to refer to your Linux vendor documentation. Helpful network configuration tools such as "yast2" in SLES 8/9 or linuxconf/redhat-config-network/netconfig in Red Hat exist for easy configuration. For SLES 8/9, user may have to specify the module as e1000 while configuring the network. The module can be specified in Hardware Details of Advanced configuration 7. 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. Refer to the modules.conf man page for more information. alias eth0 e1000 alias eth1 e1000 For SLES 9, the configuration file is /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf.local 8. 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. Note that version of the driver loaded should be same as that of the package version. A. 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 A. Check the /var/log/messages file for a similar message as indicated in method A. Note: To load a module in SLES 9 from command line, 'modprobe' is used instead of 'insmod'. Refer to the man pages for lsmod, ifconfig, rmmod, insmod, modprobe, modules.conf and modprobe.conf for more detailed information. 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 Known Issue =========== None Uninstalling the RPM ==================== The following command will uninstall the e1000 RPM. # rpm -e e1000- Copyright 2002, 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies