There are instructions from Intel.
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Building and Installation
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NOTES:
- For the build to work properly, the currently running kernel MUST match
the version and configuration of the installed kernel sources. If you have
just recompiled the kernel reboot the system before building.
- RPM functionality has only been tested in Red Hat distributions.
1. Move the base driver tar file to the directory of your choice. For
example, use '/home/username/e1000e' or '/usr/local/src/e1000e'.
2. Untar/unzip the archive, where <x.x.x> is the version number for the
driver tar file:
tar zxf e1000e-<x.x.x>.tar.gz
3. Change to the driver src directory, where <x.x.x> is the version number
for the driver tar:
cd e1000e-<x.x.x>/src/
4. Compile the driver module:
# make install
The binary will be installed as:
/lib/modules/<KERNEL VERSION>/updates/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko
The install location listed above is the default location. This may differ
for various Linux distributions.
5. Load the module using the modprobe command:
modprobe <e1000e> [parameter=port1_value,port2_value]
Make sure that any older e1000e drivers are removed from the kernel before
loading the new module:
rmmod e1000e; modprobe e1000e
6. Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following,
where ethX is the interface name that was shown in dmesg after modprobe:
ip address add <IP_address>/<netmask bits> dev ethX
7. Verify that the interface works. Enter the following, where IP_address
is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface
that is being tested:
ping <IP_address>
NOTE:
For certain distributions like (but not limited to) RedHat Enterprise
Linux 7 and Ubuntu, once the driver is installed the initrd/initramfs
file may need to be updated to prevent the OS loading old versions
of the e1000e driver. The dracut utility may be used on RedHat
distributions:
# dracut --force
For Ubuntu:
# update-initramfs -u