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SysKonnect SK-98xx V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Linux 25
Install the driver To use the driver as a module or integrate it into the kernel, proceed as follows:
1. After you have installed the adapter in your computer, boot your Linux system (for details, see
chapter 2 "Installation of the Network Adapter").
2. Login as “root”.
3. Go to the directory /usr/src/linux.
4. Execute the command:
make menuconfig for the console mode, or
execute the command:
make xconfig for the graphical mode.
The kernel configuration menu (Main Menu) is displayed.
5. Select N
ETWORK DEVICE SUPPORT.
6. Select E
THERNET (1000 MBIT).
7. To integrate the driver permanently into the kernel, mark S
YSKONNECT SK-98XX SUPPORT with
(
*
).
To compile the driver as a module, mark S
YSKONNECT SK-98XX SUPPORT with (M).
8. Select E
XIT.
The Main Menu is displayed.
9. Select L
OADABLE MODULE SUPPORT.
The menu “Loadable module support“ is displayed.
10. Select E
NABLE LOADABLE MODULE SUPPORT.
11. Select K
ERNEL MODULE LOADER.
12. Select E
XIT.
13. Configure other options, e.g. SCSI, file systems, etc.
14. To quit the configuration, select E
XIT.
15. When the message “
Do you wish to save your new kernel configuration” is dis-
played, select Y
ES.
Now build a new kernel by executing the following commands:
16. Execute the command:
make dep.
17. Execute the command:
make clean bzImage.
18. Execute the command:
make modules.
19. Execute the command:
make modules_install.
20. If you use “lilo” as a boot loader, execute the command:
make bzlilo.
If no errors occurred, the new kernel is installed in the “root” directory.
21. Go to the “root” directory by executing the command:
cd /.
22. Copy the new kernel into your boot directory by executing the commands:
cp vmlinuz /boot/<name of the new kernel> and
cp System.map /boot/.
23. Edit the boot loader configuration file to boot the new kernel, e.g. “lilo.conf”.
24. If you use “lilo” as a boot loader, execute the command:
lilo.
25. Reboot your system with the new kernel.
26. If you use the driver as a module, continue with “Load the module”.
If you integrated the driver into the kernel, continue with “Assign an IP address”.
Load the module If you use the driver as a module, the module has to be loaded manually.
To load the module manually, proceed as follows:
1. Execute the following command:
modprobe sk98lin.
2. If the SysKonnect adapter is installed in your computer and you have a /proc file system, exe-
cute the command:
ls /proc/net/sk98lin.
This should produce an output containing a line with the following format: