How do i install e1000e-3.0.4 driver permanently in Linux.

when i do below steps it's installed temporary

Just build the e1000e-3.0.4 driver.
1. make install
2. modprobe e1000e
3. rmmod e1000e
4. modprobe e1000e

After reboot,i got ethtool -i eth1 got lower version instead of newer e1000e-3.0.4 version.

[root@bara-4 ~]# ethtool -i eth1
driver: e1000e
version: 2.3.2-k -->Older version
firmware-version: 2.1-2
bus-info: 0000:01:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

I also tried installing the kmod-e1000e driver.It worked great as far as allowing dot1q to work.But,it crashed whenever I tried to make the MTU=1504 (which is needed to allow max sized frames to pass dot1q). So, that didn't seem to work and doesn't seem reliable.


Thanks
Saravanan

Best way forward IMHO would be to use (or create) a RPM package with the new driver, sign it and install it. (The package %post section should run the necessary commands to make the kernel see the driver as "registered" (see 'man depmod'). If the driver doesn't "stick" then create a /etc/modprobe.d/e1000.conf (it's just a name), use an "uninstall" line to uninstall the old driver and an "install" line to load the new one enlse another option could be to create an udev rule for the same.) Another option could be to build a [I]kmod]/I] package.

The reason for building a package is that it adheres with how package management works on RPM-based system, it's origin and contents can be verified (you signed it as packager), it can be distributed to your other systems (but please don't publicly distribute homebrewn packages unless you make clear the're not QA'ed by Red Hat or CentOS) and it makes rebuilding a newer driver version way easier.

I have also issues with e1000 also in Centos, NIC drops and wakes up every now and then. I tried to update Centos and have looked after update to this particular NIC. Intel has published newer versions of this driver, but how to install it? Same question as Saravan, in other words.

Thanks!


driver: e1000e
version: 2.3.2-k
firmware-version: 2.1-0
bus-info: 0000:02:00.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

driver: e1000e
version: 2.3.2-k
firmware-version: 0.13-4
bus-info: 0000:00:19.0
supports-statistics: yes
supports-test: yes
supports-eeprom-access: yes
supports-register-dump: yes
supports-priv-flags: no

Same answer then. If there's anything in my reply you don't dig then please at leeast install the Intel driver once and please ask specific questions.

my quick-and-dirty solution would be to put those steps in either /etc/rc.local or the users ~/.bash_profile or cron it as an @reboot.

Dirty it certainly is ;-p because networking will come up long before rc.local is run...