Intel I350T4 driver installation in CentOS

2015.3.31 Install the i350 driver directly in Linux * as a workaround

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A problem occurred:

Driver failed to load after installing Intel I350 driver under centos6.5 (development version), details:

LSPCI can see NIC information normally

DMESG after discovery hint: The NVM Checksum is not Valid (this problem system automatically resolves under Windows, Linux requires manual resolution)

In addition: USB flash drive When you select Test this media & install Centos 7, the network card information: The NVM Checksum is not Valid Centos7
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Workaround:

1. Drive: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/zh-cn/download/13663/-82575-6-82580-i350-i210-211-linux-

Download:igb-< version number >.tar.gz version you can select the latest
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2. Unzip the igb-< version number >.tar.gz; get igb-< version number, open the SRC folder igb_main.c
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3. Comment out the following paragraph:

/* Make sure the NVM is good */

/*if (E1000_validate_nvm_checksum (HW) < 0) {

Dev_err (Pci_dev_to_dev (Pdev), "The NVM Checksum is not"

"valid\n");

err =-eio;

Goto Err_eeprom;

}*/

And then save the exit
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Repackage the modified drive folder to get the igb.< version number >.tar.gz
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RPMBUILD-TB igb-< Version number >.tar.gz

Get igb-< Version number >-1.x86_64.rpm

Note: The RPM generated address is prompted during the compilation process

Go to the folder where you saved the RPM package to install the driver: (if it was previously installed.) Uninstall First: Rpm-e igb-< version number >-1.x86_64)

RPM-IVH igb-< Version number >-1.x86_64.rpm

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After the installation is complete, enter:

Rmmod IGB

Modprobe IGB

Re-mount Driver
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Lsmod, ifconfig View the driver installation situation.
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Intel I350T4 driver installation in CentOS