Using Intel(R) Network Adapters with Linux* --
Information for Specific Linux Distributions
==============================================

December 12, 2003


Contents
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- SuSE SLES 8 and United Linux 1.0 SP2 RC1/IA64 cause unresolved symbols		
- Caldera OpenLinux* 3.1
- Red Hat* 7.1
- SuSE* 7.1
- ACPI enable may cause Dual Port Pro/1000 adapters to fail
- Linux SNMP: Set operation fails on RH3.0-RC1
- Support

SuSE SLES 8 and United Linux 1.0 SP2 RC1/IA64 cause unresolved symbols
======================================================================

If you get unresolved symbol errors when loading the e1000 driver, perform 
the following:

1. cd /usr/src/linux
2. make cloneconfig
3. make dep

Then rebuild the driver.

Caldera* OpenLinux 3.1
======================

  Installing Intel ANS
  --------------------
  In Caldera OpenLinux* 3.1, the super-user's executable path does not 
  include /usr/sbin/, which is the default location selected by the makefile
  for Intel ANS installation. This causes problems later during the 
  configuration stage. To solve this, either permanently add /usr/sbin to 
  root's executable path, or modify the makefile to set BIN_DIR to a 
  preferred directory that is super-user specific and that appears in $PATH.

  Compiling Intel Drivers on Itanium(TM)-Based Systems
  ----------------------------------------------------
  When compiling the e100 and e1000 drivers, various unresolved symbol 
  errors may appear. These messages may be disregarded as the drivers will 
  install and function properly on Caldera OpenLinux 3.1 Itanium(TM)-based 
  systems.


Red Hat* 7.1
============

  Creating an RPM from tar / zipped File
  --------------------------------------
  When trying to generate an RPM from the .tar.gz file, a segmentation fault 
  (core dump) occurs. This failure occurs because Red Hat* 7.1 uses version 
  4.0.2 of the RPM utility. This version does not have the ability to handle
  parameterized macros, which are used within the e100 and e1000 spec files 
  to generate an RPM. Updating the RPM utility to a more current version 
  resolves the issue. The utility can be obtained from http://www.rpm.org.


ACPI enable may cause Dual Port PRO/1000 Adapters to fail
=========================================================

  If ACPI is turned on in the kernel, dual port adapters may not work. 
  This is due to a limitation in ACPI. Currently, this affects all new 
  versions of SuSE and the United Linux family.

Linux SNMP: Set operation fails on RH 3
=======================================

  Running the set operation using Red Hat 3 fails when using the
  net-snmp-5.0.8 package. This issue has been fixed in net-snmp-5.0.9 
  package.

Support
=======

For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at:

     http://support.intel.com

If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported 
kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to 
the issue to linux.nics@intel.com.


Copyright and Legal Disclaimers
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