FILE NAME:      e1000-5.0.43c-1.src.rpm

TITLE:          HP Proliant NC61XX/NC71XX Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver for Linux

VERSION:        5.0.43c

LANGUAGE:       English

CATEGORY:       Software Solutions

DIVISIONS:      Enterprise and Mainstream Servers

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: 
		HP NC6132 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC6133 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC6134 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC6136 Gigabit Server Adapter 
		HP NC6170 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC7131 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC7132 Gigabit Server Adapter
		HP NC7170 Gigabit Server Adapter


OPERATING SYSTEM:  
		Red Hat Linux 8.0 Professional
			- Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem)
		Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional
			- Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem)
		Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional
			- Errata kernel 2.4.20-20 (SMP,UP and BigMem)
		Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
		Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - QU2
			- Errata kernel 2.4.9-e.27 (SMP,UP and Enterprise)
		SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 (SLES-7)
			- Errata kernel 2.4.18-280 (SMP)
			- Errata kernel 2.4.18-280 (UP)
		Conectiva Linux Enterprise Edition, SCO Linux 4.0, SuSE Linux
			Enterprise Server 8 and Turbolinux 8 all powered by
			UnitedLinux 1.0.
			- Service Pack 3

NOTE: For Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional BigMem installations,
      the system needs to be pre-configured before setting up
      the kernel sources and building the NIC and intermediate
      drivers. Refer to the Customer Advisory EU030812_CW01 
      for details on how to pre-configure the system. To access 
      the customer advisory, visit www.hp.com and search for 
      EU030812_CW01.

PREREQUISITES:  Pentium based computer
                128MB RAM minimum
                Latest HP system ROM

                Note: Please visit the following URL to upgrade the ROM
			http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files

EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/23/03

SUPERSEDES:     e1000-5.0.43a-1.src.rpm

DESCRIPTION:   This driver enables the HP ProLiant NC61XX and NC71XX Gigabit
		Ethernet NICs running under Linux. 


ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:
		- Fixed Build Problem on RHEL 3
		- Updated errata kernel versions
		- This driver now supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
		- The documentation for this driver now provides a
			description regarding the future discontinuation
			of the /proc file system

Table of Contents
=================
  Introduction
  Packaging
  Kernel Source Code Setup
  Installing the RPM Package
  Statistics
  Limitations


Introduction
============
This file describes the Linux driver for the HP Gigabit
Server Adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section.
After installation additional information can be found in the
MAN page for e1000, and in the RELEASE.TXT file located at:

For Red Hat: /usr/share/doc/e1000-<version>/README
For SuSE SLES7: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README
For UnitedLinux 1.0: /usr/share/doc/packages/e1000/README

User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information
can be found at:
        http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/networking/nics/index.html

NOTE: The entries in /proc/net/PRO_LAN_Adapters, currently
	provided by the HP Proliant NC61XX/NC71XX Gigabit 
	Ethernet NIC Driver will not be available after 2003. 
	Most of the information being provided in these /proc 
	entries will be obtainable through the ethtool utility.

Packaging
=========
The driver is released in a source RPM format. The file name
for the package is e1000-<version>.src.rpm and is dependent
on the kernel source code.  If you have not installed the kernel
source code and/or setup the source tree on your Linux system
please see the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section below.

The steps in the following section (kernel Source Code setup)
and "Installing the RPM Package" have to be executed
first time a new kernel is booted

Kernel Source Code Setup
========================
The e1000 driver requires the presence of the kernel source
code and configuring the kernel source before building the
e1000 driver. The following steps need to be done once for
each kernel that is booted. For example, if the current kernel
is UP (uni-processor) and an SMP (symmetrical-multi-processor)
kernel is booted, these steps must be performed again to configure
the kernel source for SMP before building the e1000 driver for
the SMP kernel.

	Red Hat installation:
	If the /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> directory
	does not exist, install the kernel source code per
	Red Hat instructions.  Once installed, follow the
	commands listed below to configure the kernel source
	to match the running kernel.

	# cd /usr/src/linux-<kernel_version>
	# make mrproper
	# make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` oldconfig
	# make -e KERNELRELEASE=`uname -r` dep

	UnitedLinux 1.0 Installation:
	If the /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> directory does not exist
	please install the kernel source code per SuSE instructions.
	Once installed, please follow the commands listed below to setup
	the kernel source tree.

	# cd /usr/src/linux-<kernel_version>.SuSE
	# make mrproper
	# make cloneconfig
	# make dep

	SuSE SLES 7 Installation:
	If the /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> directory does not exist
	please install the kernel source code per SuSE instructions.
	Once installed, please follow the commands listed below to setup
	the kernel source tree.

	# cd /usr/src/linux-<kernel_version>.SuSE
	# cp /boot/vmlinuz.config .config
	# cp /boot/vmlinuz.version.h include/linux/version.h
	# cp /boot/vmlinuz.autoconf.h include/linux/autoconf.h
	# make oldconfig
	# make dep

Installing the RPM Package
=============================
1. This package requires the kernel source code as well as
   setting up the source tree.  Verify the source code
   /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version> directory exist.

        # cd /usr/src/linux-<kernel-version>

        If the kernel source code is not present then
	please refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup"
	section.

2. Install the source RPM package.

        # rpm -ivh e1000-<version>.src.rpm

3. Build the binary RPM for the e1000 driver.

	Red Hat Installation:
	# cd /usr/src/redhat
	# rpmbuild -bb SPECS/e1000.spec

	SuSE SLES7 and UnitedLinux Installations:
	# cd /usr/src/packages
	# rpm -bb SPECS/e1000.spec

	If you get an error during the build process, please
	refer to the "Kernel Source Code Setup" section to correctly 
	setup the source tree.

4. Install the new RPM package.  This installs the e1000 driver and man page.

	Dependency Information: Please note that the "sed" utility is
	required to succesfully install the e1000 rpm package. Please
	ensure that for redhat and UnitedLinux 1.0 systems, the
	sed-<version>.rpm package is installed before running the 
	following commands. On SuSE SLES7, the sed utility /bin/sed 
	should be installed as a part of the base installation itself.

        # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-<version>.i386.rpm

	If an older version of e1000 already exists or a conflict
	occurs, please use the "force" command as shown below.

        # rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/e1000-<version>.i386.rpm --force

        The e1000.o module is installed in the following directory:

        Red Hat 8.0
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000

        Red Hat 7.3
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000

        Red Hat 7.2
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000

        Red Hat EL 3
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000

        Red Hat EL 2.1
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/addon/e1000

        SuSE SLES7
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000

        UnitedLinux 1.0
        /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/e1000


5. Configure your network setting and address.  You may need to refer
   to your Linux vendor documentation.  Helpful network configuration
   tools such as "yast" in SLES 7 or linuxconf/ksconfig (KDE)/redhat-
   config-network (GNOME)/netconfig (ncurses) in Red Hat exist for
   easy configuration.

6. Ensure that the /etc/modules.conf file is configured similar to the
   example listed below.  The example below is presented as if more
   than one adapter is present.  If so, one eth# instance should exist
   for each ethernet port.  View the modules.conf man page for more
   information.

	alias eth0 e1000
	alias eth1 e1000

7. You can now reboot your server. Upon reboot the network should start
   with the e1000 driver loaded and the correct network configuration.
   To verify that the e1000 driver is loaded use the following command.

        # lsmod

   If e1000 is listed then the e1000 driver is loaded. You can also
   verify that the correct e1000 driver is loaded through any of the
   following methods. Please note that version of the driver loaded
   should be same as that of the package version.

	1. Look for driver load messages in the system log.

		#dmesg | grep Intel

		You should see messages of the following type,

		Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version x.x.x

	2. Check the ethernet adapter driver information through the /proc
	   interface.

		#grep Driver_Version /proc/net/PRO_LAN_Adapters/*.info


Statistics
==========
Detailed statistics, configuration information and driver information can be 
viewed by:

        # more /proc/net/PRO_LAN_adapters/eth#.info.


Limitations
===========
     Some Linux distributions may not add the default route back
     to a specified network device when a network stop/start 
     command is used. Use the route command to add the default
     router back to the network device.

     Some Linux distributions may not add the default assigned IP
     address back to a specified network device when using the
     following:

            ifconfig eth(x) down
            rmmod <module name>
            insmod <module name> <optional parameter changes>
            ifconfig eth(x) up

     Another step to reassign the IP address back to the device
     may be required:

            ifconfig eth(x) <ip address>

     Some Linux distributions may add multiple IP addresses with the
     same system name in the /etc/hosts file when configuring multiple 
     network devices. 

     An error regarding the "PCI_BUS_SPEED" may also be encountered.
     33MHz is displayed for 33MHz bus speeds, however 66MHz speed 
     will be reported for 50MHz and 100MHz PCI-X busses as well 
     as 66MHz PCI busses

Uninstalling the RPM
====================
 
The following command will uninstall the e1000 RPM.
 
     # rpm -e e1000-<version>


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