Installing Drivers

Before installing drivers you must determine which kernel your system is running.  Systems running a kernel that support more than one processor might require a different set of drivers as compared to systems using a single processor (e.g., Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting Hyper Threading Technology).

 

To determine the configuration of your system, login as root and run the following command:

 

# uname -r

 

This command shows if the system is running with the SMP (multi-processor) Linux* kernel or the UP (single processor) Linux kernel.  After determining what kernel is running you can install the drivers.  The following topics show the commands you must run to install drivers on each supported motherboard.