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IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet - IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet • Standard Ethernet frame size (up to be polled • Software driver support for simultaneous read and write operations; as a bus master, the network card requests access to the PCI bus instead of waiting to 1,518 bytes) ... with adaptive DMA channels • Two independent DMA channels for Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, NetWare 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1. • Universal dual-voltage signaling (3.3 V and 5 V) introduction 1-2
IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet - IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet • Standard Ethernet frame size (up to be polled • Software driver support for simultaneous read and write operations; as a bus master, the network card requests access to the PCI bus instead of waiting to 1,518 bytes) ... with adaptive DMA channels • Two independent DMA channels for Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me, NetWare 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, and Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1. • Universal dual-voltage signaling (3.3 V and 5 V) introduction 1-2
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..., version 1.0 (or higher) (loaded during for NetWare, which is included on the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card driver installation) Driver and Documentation CD in the \Linux directory.The necessary files are: • ga.c (Linux network OS specific module file) • ga621.h (Driver header file) • hsm.c (Hardware specific module file) • hsm.h (Hardware specific module header file...
..., version 1.0 (or higher) (loaded during for NetWare, which is included on the GA621 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Card driver installation) Driver and Documentation CD in the \Linux directory.The necessary files are: • ga.c (Linux network OS specific module file) • ga621.h (Driver header file) • hsm.c (Hardware specific module file) • hsm.h (Hardware specific module header file...
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...; Configurable parameters File Listing The following files are included in the /Linux directory: Table 7-1. CHAPTER 7: LINUX DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 driver software. Linux files File Name Description ga.c Linux network OS specific module file GA621.h Driver header file hsm.c Hardware specific module file hsm.h Hardware specific module header file nsm.h HSM...
...; Configurable parameters File Listing The following files are included in the /Linux directory: Table 7-1. CHAPTER 7: LINUX DRIVER SOFTWARE This chapter provides information about the Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1 driver software. Linux files File Name Description ga.c Linux network OS specific module file GA621.h Driver header file hsm.c Hardware specific module file hsm.h Hardware specific module header file nsm.h HSM...
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... have.To find out the exact version number of the driver requires a base Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0 with Linux kernel version 2.2.12, or Red Hat Linux 7.1 with the following command. # mkdir ga621 # cd ga621 # cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/redhat x.x/x . 3. Copy the Linux drivers from the CDROM into the system with Linux kernel version 2.4.2. If you are installing more than what...
... have.To find out the exact version number of the driver requires a base Red Hat Linux 6.0, 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0 with Linux kernel version 2.2.12, or Red Hat Linux 7.1 with the following command. # mkdir ga621 # cd ga621 # cp /mnt/cdrom/linux/redhat x.x/x . 3. Copy the Linux drivers from the CDROM into the system with Linux kernel version 2.4.2. If you are installing more than what...
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... sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start When the driver is loaded into the system with the insmod command, the driver probes the PCI bus to locate all GA621 devices, and creates control structures for each.The driver logs a couple of messages available in the /...var/log/messages file for each device with information about its PCI geographic location, IRQ, IO address, and some basic debug information (addresses of some important structures). Linux driver...
... sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start When the driver is loaded into the system with the insmod command, the driver probes the PCI bus to locate all GA621 devices, and creates control structures for each.The driver logs a couple of messages available in the /...var/log/messages file for each device with information about its PCI geographic location, IRQ, IO address, and some basic debug information (addresses of some important structures). Linux driver...
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...is initialized, it opens all configured Ethernet devices, and initializes them for better performance. You can increase the value up to 200 for use. Linux driver software 7-4 To try jumbo frames, increase the mtu size using the ifconfig utility: # ifconfig mtu For example: ifconfig eth0 mtu 3000 The ...BUF_SIZE_MAX value in nsm.h (located in the file nsm.h under the "Tunable parameters" heading.The default value of the driver (for the same operation. All the devices on a high-end system, you may want to adjust that value to 4000 bytes for example,...
...is initialized, it opens all configured Ethernet devices, and initializes them for better performance. You can increase the value up to 200 for use. Linux driver software 7-4 To try jumbo frames, increase the mtu size using the ifconfig utility: # ifconfig mtu For example: ifconfig eth0 mtu 3000 The ...BUF_SIZE_MAX value in nsm.h (located in the file nsm.h under the "Tunable parameters" heading.The default value of the driver (for the same operation. All the devices on a high-end system, you may want to adjust that value to 4000 bytes for example,...
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... support iv F features 1-1 H hardware description 2-5 requirements 2-2 I interoperability 1-2 installation instructions 2-7 Linux software driver 7-2 NetWare software driver 6-2 network cables 2-8 preparation 2-6 requirements 2-2 Windows 2000 software driver 5-1 Windows 98 software driver 3-1 Windows NT software driver 4-1 L LEDs descriptions 2-6 troubleshooting 8-1 Linux software driver configurable parameters 7-4 file listing 7-1 installation 7-2 testing 7-3 N NetWare software driver installation 6-2 installation methods 6-1 installation troubleshooting 6-6 parameters descriptions 6-5 pre...
... support iv F features 1-1 H hardware description 2-5 requirements 2-2 I interoperability 1-2 installation instructions 2-7 Linux software driver 7-2 NetWare software driver 6-2 network cables 2-8 preparation 2-6 requirements 2-2 Windows 2000 software driver 5-1 Windows 98 software driver 3-1 Windows NT software driver 4-1 L LEDs descriptions 2-6 troubleshooting 8-1 Linux software driver configurable parameters 7-4 file listing 7-1 installation 7-2 testing 7-3 N NetWare software driver installation 6-2 installation methods 6-1 installation troubleshooting 6-6 parameters descriptions 6-5 pre...