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Install a DKMS module usind dkms.conf file
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$ wget http://tenet.dl.sourceforge.net/project/e1000/ixgbe%20stable/4.3.15/ixgbe-4.3.15.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xf ixgbe-4.3.15.tar.gz -C /usr/local/src
$ sudo mv /usr/local/src/ixgbe-4.3.15/src /usr/src/ixgbe-4.3.15

Create the following dkms.conf file under this directory as follows.

$ sudo vi /usr/src/ixgbe-4.3.15/dkms.conf
PACKAGE_NAME="ixgbe"
PACKAGE_VERSION="4.3.15"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="ixgbe"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/"
AUTOINSTALL="yes"

Next, add the module to the kernel tree.

$ sudo dkms add -m ixgbe -v 4.3.15
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