3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Guide - Page 213
To compile the driver as a module, Reboot to FreeBSD.
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Updating the Firmware and Driver To compile the driver as a module 1 Boot to FreeBSD. 2 Download and extract the driver, as described under "Downloading the Driver and Firmware" on page 181. 3 Unpack twa.tgz. Then copy the *.c and *.h files to /sys/dev/twa and the Makefile to /sys/modules/twa. 4 Build the twa.ko module cd /sys/modules/twa make The twa.ko module is created in /sys/modules/twa To load the driver as a module 1 In the current configuration file under /usr/src/sys/i386/conf or /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf comment out the entry: "Device twa # 3ware 9000 series". This will unlink the old driver once you rebuild the kernel. 2 Rebuild the kernel. Run command config specifying your configuration file: (GENERIC, SMP, PAE, or your custom config), followed by: cd ../compile/ make clean make cleandepend make depend make make install 3 Reboot to FreeBSD. 4 Load the kernel driver module from /sys/modules/twa cd /sys/modules/twa kldload ./twa.ko 5 If you wish to load the driver automatically every time the system is rebooted, add the line 'twa_load="YES"' to the file /boot/loader.conf www.3ware.com 201