Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up the Device Driver Software 9
6. Verify that the ixgbe driver has been successfully installed with this lsmod
command:
The output should be similar to the following:
7. Check the ixgbe driver version with this modinfo command:
For example, the output might be the following:
▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform
● Use the rmmod command:
# lsmod | grep ixgbe
ixgbe 118052 0
# modinfo ixgbe | grep ver
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-53.el5/kernel/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.ko
version: 1.3.16.1-lro
description: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver
srcversion: 5CFF6AEBA251050F8A4B746
vermagic: 2.6.18-53.el5 SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1
# rmmod ixgbe