Allied Telesis AT-2912T - Manual (Page 85)

Secure Ethernet Network Adapters Installation and User’s Guide
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3. The driver is compiled for the running kernel by default. To build the
driver for a kernel different from the one running, specify the kernel by
defining it in KVER. If this is not necessary, skip to step 4.
Enter the following command:
make KVER=
where in the form of 2.x.y-z is the version of another
kernel that is installed on the system.
4. Test the driver by loading it. Enter the following commands:
insmod tg3.o
or
insmod tg3.ko (on 2.6 kernels)
or
modprobe tg3
5. Install the driver by entering the following command:
make install
See “Installing the Source RPM Package” on page 83 for the location
of the installed driver.
To configure the network protocol and address, refer to the Linux version-
specific documentation.
Driver Settings
It is important to configure the speed and duplex settings for the AT-
2712FX/SC and AT-2712LX20/SC adapters. By default, the Linux driver is
configured for autonegotiation which is not supported with an 100 FX
operation. Driver settings can be queried and changed using the ethtool
utility. Download the latest ethtool from the following web site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel
See Table 4 on page 86 for examples that describe how to use the ethtool
utility. In addition, see the ethtool man page for more information about
this utility.
The ethtool settings do not persist across reboot or module reload.
However, you can place the ethtool commands in a startup script such as
/etc/rc.local to preserve the settings across a reboot.