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Installation

These installation instructions cover the basics of building the library and driver.

Prerequisites

  • Linux Kernel headers
  • GNU make

Instructions

We'll use the variable <version> to represent one of the versions listed above. For example, if you want to download version 8.00 then replace <version> with 8.00 in the instructions below.

  1. Create the installation directory 
    sudo mkdir /usr/local/broadcom
  2. Clone the repository from GitHub, replacing <version> with the version you need. Ex. 8.00 
    git clone https://github.com/xiallc/broadcom_pci_pcie_sdk.git --single-branch --branch <version> <version>
  3. Move the cloned repository into the installation directory and link it. 
    sudo mv <version> /usr/local/broadcom/<version>
sudo ln -s /usr/local/broadcom/<version> /usr/local/broadcom/current
  4. Export the PLX_SDK_DIR environment variable in /etc/profile.d/broadcom.sh 
    echo -e "export PLX_SDK_DIR=/usr/local/broadcom/current\n" | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/broadcom.sh > /dev/null
source /etc/profile.d/broadcom.sh
  5. Build the SDK and 9054 kernel driver 
    sudo make -C ${PLX_SDK_DIR}/PlxApi/ PLX_NO_CLEAR_SCREEN=1
sudo -E PLX_CHIP=9054 make -C ${PLX_SDK_DIR}/Driver/ PLX_NO_CLEAR_SCREEN=1
  6. Load the kernel driver 
    sudo -E ${PLX_SDK_DIR}/Bin/Plx_load 9054

NOTE: If you do not have a PLX PCI/PCIe 9054 device attached and discoverable by the system then loading the kernel module will fail.

NOTE: If you're using a system that has selinux enabled. Then you'll need to temporarily set selinux into permissive mode before attempting to load the driver.

Systemd service

We provide with this repository a systemd script that allows users to automatically load the drivers when at system boot. This script is not included with versions 6.40-8.23 by default. It still works with those versions you'll just have to download it from the repo directly.

Installing the service

  1. Copy the correct version for your Linux flavor into /etc/systemd/system/broadcom.service
  2. Enable and start the service 
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable broadcom
  3. Reboot your system
  4. Verify that the driver loaded properly 
    sudo systemctl status broadcom