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Chapter 2 Installing Drivers and Host Cards
Installing under Linux
This section tells you how to install host cards, software drivers, and utilities under the Linux
operating system and includes the following:
operating system and includes the following:
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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 or SPEED LE Express cards you require into your system. See
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 or SPEED LE Express 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.
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.
The driver is supplied in both source RPM package format and a compressed tar file. The
procedure for installation of each format is described in the following sections.
procedure for installation of each format is described in the following sections.