Netgear GA622T GA622T Reference Manual - Page 49
Testing the Driver Software
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4. Add the following lines to any of the startup scripts like /etc/rc.d/rc.local or /etc/rc.d/init.d/network so that the driver will load when the system boots up: # /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/gam.o # /sbin/ifconfig Note: You may need to enter a different pathname than what is shown on the first line, above, depending on the Linux kernel version number you have.To find out the exact version number of the Linux kernel, use this command: ls -al /lib/modules You can dynamically load and unload the driver from a running kernel with the following commands: # insmod gam.o # rmmod gam.o Testing the Driver Software To install and test the driver, shut down the network stack, install the driver, and re-start the stack again with these commands: # sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop # insmod gam.o # sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start When the driver is loaded into the system with the insmod command, the driver probes the PCI bus to locate all GA622T devices, and creates control structures for each.The driver logs a couple of messages available in the /var/log/messages file for each device with information about its PCI geographic location, IRQ, IO address, and some basic debug information (addresses of some important structures). Linux driver software 7-3