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Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
General installation procedure for Linux
The general procedure for installing and configuring host cards, driver software and
associated utilities for the Linux operating system is as follows:
associated utilities for the Linux operating system is as follows:
1. Install any SPEED LE cards you require into your system. See
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2. Install the SPEED LE Linux drivers onto your system using the procedures described in
.
3. Create devices for the required ports using the procedures detailed in
.
Your system can now use the SPEED LE serial adaptor cards you have installed.
Installing Drivers onto your system
SPEED LE cards installed on Linux machines use the perle-serial driver for Linux. The driver
supports the Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6. The kernel header files are needed for kernel
and 2.4. For the 2.6 kernel, a configuration kernel source tree and a set of makefile rules
describing how the modules are built is required.
supports the Linux kernel versions 2.4 and 2.6. The kernel header files are needed for kernel
and 2.4. For the 2.6 kernel, a configuration kernel source tree and a set of makefile rules
describing how the modules are built is required.
The driver is supplied in both source RPM package format and a compressed tar file. the
procedure for installation of each format is as follows:
procedure for installation of each format is as follows: