FILE NAME: hp-tg3-3.122g-2.src.rpm TITLE: HP NC-Series Broadcom tg3 Ethernet driver for Linux VERSION: 3.122g Release: 2 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Software Solutions DIVISIONS: Enterprise and Mainstream Servers EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/06/2012 SUPERSEDES: 3.116j Products Affected ================== HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR Adapter HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter HP NC107i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adpater HP NC325m Quad Port PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC326m Dual Port PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC324i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC325i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC326i Integrated Dual Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC150T PCI 4-Port Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter HP NC320x PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC1020 Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC67xx Gigabit Server Adapter HP NC77xx Gigabit Server Adapter Operating Systems ================== Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 2 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 2 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 1 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 update 1 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 7 for x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 for AMD64/EM64T Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 6 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 1 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 4 for x86 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 3 for x86 Note: Due to the very recent release of RedHat 5 Update 7, customers may still be using RedHat 5 Update 5 in their production environment. HP will support the use of this driver for RedHat 5 Update 5 and will remove support in the next release. Pre-requisites =============== ProLiant server supporting above operating systems 256 MB RAM minimum Latest HP System ROM Build Environment Setup NOTE: Visit the following URL and download latest System ROM http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html Select "Download drivers and software" Description ============ This RPM contains HP tested and approved Ethernet driver for use with network adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section of this document. Enhancements/Fixes =================== 1) Added support for HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331FLR Adapter 2) Added support for HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331T Adapter 3) Added support for HP Ethernet 1Gb 4-port 331i Adapter 4) Added KMP build support for SLES10 Service Pack 4 5) Added KMP build support for RHEL6 Update 1 6) Added KMP build support for RHEL5 Update 7 7) Added KMP build support for RHEL6 Update 2 Table of Contents ================= Introduction Packaging Build Environment Setup Installing the RPM Package Uninstalling the RPM Caveats Introduction ============ This file describes how to build and install the Ethernet driver for network adapters mentioned in the PRODUCTS AFFECTED section. Additional information for the Ethernet drivers can be found in the driver man page which gets installed on installing the doc rpm. The doc rpm gets built along with the KMP binary rpm. User guides and additional HP Network Adapter information can be found at: http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html Packaging ========= The driver is released in Kernel Module Package (KMP) source RPM format. KMP packages use macros that determine kernel flavors for which binary need to be built based on spec file rules. It is important to have the right build environment set up in order to compile a binary RPM from source package. See "Build Environment Setup" section below for more details. Build Environment Setup ======================== This package requires the presence of certain other packages that provide the right build environment to enable building a KMP binary rpm from the source rpm. These packages provide kernel headers, makefiles and symbol files. Please ensure that the following are installed: RHEL installation: 1. redhat-rpm-config package 2. kernel-devel-<kernel_version> package 3. kernel-<flavor>-devel-<kernel_version> package Eg: kernel-2.6.18.92.el5 requires kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.el5 kernel-PAE-2.6.18.92.el5 requires kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.el5 See the "Caveats" section below for more details. SLES Installation: 1. kernel-source-<kernel_version> package 2. kernel-syms-<kernel_version> package 3. SLES11 requires kernel-<flavor>-devel-<kernel_version> package in addition to the above two mentioned Installing the RPM Package ============================= 1. This package requires a specific build environment. Please refer the "Build Environment Setup" Section before proceding. 2. Install the source RPM package. # rpm -ivh hp-tg3-<version>.src.rpm 3. Build the binary RPM for the tg3 driver. RHEL 5: # rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hp-tg3.spec RHEL 6: # rpmbuild -bb ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/hp-tg3.spec SLES: # rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/packages/SPECS/hp-tg3.spec If you get an error during the build process, refer to the "Build Environment Setup" section. NOTE: One can build binary RPM for a specfic kernel flavor as follows: # rpmbuild -bb SPECS/hp-tg3.spec --define "KVER <kver>" NOTE: RHEL 5 x86 installations require the "--target" switch when building on Intel compatible machines. Please see the "Caveats" section below for more details. # rpmbuild --target=i686 -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/hp-tg3.spec 4. Check for existence of a current version of the hp-tg3 package as follows: RHEL # rpm -q kmod-hp-tg3-<flavor> SLES # rpm -q hp-tg3-kmp-<flavor> If an old version of the RPM package exists, it should be removed as follows. RHEL # rpm -e kmod-hp-tg3-<flavor> SLES # rpm -e hp-tg3-kmp-<flavor> Verify if the old hp-tg3 package has been removed as follows: RHEL # rpm -q kmod-hp-tg3-<kernel flavor> SLES # rpm -q hp-tg3-kmp-<kernel flavor> 5. If an older version of tg3.ko is loaded into the kernel, remove it as follows. Note: If you are installing the package over network you may want to be careful. It is not absolutely necessary to remove the modules. This step is necessary if you are doing the upgrade on the physical console and you intend to see the new drivers taking over immediately # lsmod | grep tg3 Bring down the interfaces controlled by tg3 # ifconfig eth<n> down Uninstall the existing active driver # modprobe -r tg3 6. Install the new binary RPM package. RHEL 5 # rpm -ivh \ /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/<arch>/kmod-hp-tg3-<flavor>-<version>.<arch>.rpm RHEL 6 # rpm -ivh \ ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/<arch>/kmod-hp-tg3-<flavor>-<version>.<arch>.rpm The modules are installed in the following directory: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/extra/hp-tg3 Note: The "--nodeps" switch is required when installing on RHEL 5.4 and 5.5. See "Caveats" section below for more details. # rpm -ivh \ /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/<arch>/kmod-hp-tg3-<flavor>-<version>.<arch>.rpm --nodeps SLES # rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/hp-tg3-kmp-<version>-<flavor>.<arch>.rpm The modules are installed in the following directory: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/updates/hp-tg3 7. Run "modinfo tg3 | grep version" and verify that the driver version is latest 8. Run "modprobe tg3" to install latest "tg3" driver module 9. Configure your network setting and address. You may need to refer to your Linux vendor documentation. Helpful network configuration tools such as "yast2" in SLES or linuxconf/redhat-config-network/ netconfig in Red Hat exist for easy configuration. 10. 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. Refer to the modules.conf man page for more information. alias eth0 tg3 alias eth1 tg3 alias eth# tg3 For SLES, the configuration file is /etc/modprobe.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf.local 11. Reboot the server or restart the network services. Upon reboot the network should start with tg3 driver loaded To verify that the driver is loaded use the following command. # lsmod You should find tg3 listed. Use ifconfig to bring up the network with the new driver: # ifconfig eth# up Uninstalling the RPM ==================== The following command will uninstall the RPM. RHEL # rpm -e kmod-hp-tg3-<kernel flavor> SLES # rpm -e hp-tg3-kmp-<kernel flavor> Caveats =========== 1. The rpmbuild will fail the dependency check when building the non-base (xen,pae,etc) kernel when the kernel-devel package is not installed. Example: If the OS only included the PAE kernel then the user would need to install the kernel-pae-devel and kernel-devel packages. 2. The use of a "--target" switch is required so that rpmbuild does not try to find an i386 kernel on the system. If the "--target" switch is not used then the build will fail with bizarre messages stating that specific kernel packages are not installed on the machine yet those packages do not exist. 3. The rpmbuild will fail if the redhat-rpm-config package is not installed because it cannot resolve the %kernel_module_package_buildreqs macro. The error will be similar to the following: error: line xx: Dependency tokens must begin with alpha-numeric,'_'or'/': Build Requires: %kernel_module_package_buildreqs 4. RPM uses KMP packaging dependency data to ensure the dependencies are met before installing the binary RPM. Red Hat maintains a whitelist of kernel symbols which RPM uses to validate against the KMP binaries. Some symbols may be in the kernel but not on the whitelist which results in a failed binary RPM install. The user will need to use the "--nodeps" switch when installing the binary. The tg3 packaged drivers uses the following symbols on RedHat EL5 Update 3, Update 4 and Update 5 that are not on the whitelist: Update 4 ksym(pci_enable_msi) ksym(pci_disable_msi) Update 3 ksym(pcie_set_readrq) (C) Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.