User's Manual

 AppendixD–InstallingwithLinux
Multi‐TechSystems,Inc.MT9234ZBA‐USBUserGuide 39
BuildingandInstallingtheTIUSBDriverfromtheTGZPackage
YouneedtheTIUSBtgzpackageforthisstep.TheIntroductionsectionabovedescribes wheretofindthelatest
TIUSBtgzpackage.
Loginasrootanddothefollowing:
Command Explanation
1.tarxvzfti_usb‐X.Y.tgz Un‐packagethefiles.
2.cdti_usb‐X.Y
3../configure Configurethepackageforyourdistribution
andkernel.
4.make Buildthedriver.
5.makeinstall Installtheti_usbdriver.

Ifthereareproblemsinthisprocess,youmayneedtogobacktoinstallandpreparethekernelsourcesas
describedabove.
LoadingtheTIUSBDriver
Theti_usbdrivershouldbeautomaticallyloadedwhenyouplugintheTIUSB34 10device,providedyourdevice
usesthedefaultvendorandproductids.Ifitdoesnot,seethesectionentitled"VENDORandPRODUCTIDS"inthe
ReleaseNotesfileforLinux2.4kernelinstallations.
ThefirstTIUSB3410devi
cepluggedinappearsas/dev/ttyTIUSB0,thenextas/dev/ttyTIUSB1,andsoon.
NotethatthesedevicenamesaredifferentfromthedevicenamesusedbytheLinuxusbserialdriver.Formore
information,seethefollowingsection“DeviceFiles
”.
IfTIUSBdeviceshadbe eninusebeforeinstallingthenewTIUSBdriver,oldversionsofthedriversarestillbe
loaded.Youmustunloadtheseoldversionsbeforethenewlyinstalleddrivercanbeused.
Tounloadolddriversandloadnewdriver:
1. Reboot
Or
2. CloseallopenTIUSBserialports.
3. DisconnecttheTIUSBserialdevices.
4. UnloadtheoldTIUSBserialdriverwiththecommand
rmmodti_usb
5. ReconnecttheTIUSBserialdevicesandthenewdriverisloaded.