the driver is distributed in three packaging formats: binary rpm, source rpm, and compressed tar archive. the binary rpm includes precompiled driver modules for kernels 2.2.14-6.1.1 (red hat 6.2) and 2.2.16-22 (red hat 7.0), and is the preferred installation method for systems running these kernel versions. the source rpm is suitable for use on any system that has the rpm utility installed and a properly configured kernel source tree. the tar archive is made available for cases where the rpm utility is not installed.

    the following procedures require that you are logged on as "root" or equivalent.