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Installing an NIC Driver on Linux
Context
After the kernel upgrade, you need to upgrade the related development packages so that the driver can be installed properly. For details, see Upgrading the PCIe Driver After the Kernel Upgrade and What Can I Do If a PCIe Card Driver Failed to Be Compiled and Installed After Kernel Upgrade.
Procedure
- Import the driver installation package to the OS, as shown in Figure 17-6.
- Run the tar command to decompress the driver installation package, as shown in Figure 17-7.
- Run the cd command to go to the extracted driver installation directory src, as shown in Figure 17-8.
- In the src directory, run the make && make install command, as shown in Figure 17-9.
- Run the rmmod igb &&modprobe igb command to restart and load the NIC driver. After the driver is loaded, run the modprobe igb | head –n 15 command to view the driver version, as shown in Figure 17-10.
