3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Guide - Page 213

Updating the Driver and Firmware Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat 1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 190. 2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver. 3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver. 4 Copy the files to the appropriate directory. (In the commands below, replace with the applicable Red Hat version, such as ws3_x86, and replace with the applicable kernel, for example 2.4.20-8) Note: The name of the module you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel; however you will always copy it to a file named 3w-9xxx.o for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels For Red Hat Uniprocessor cp /3w-9xxx.o /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat SMP cp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat Bigmem cp /3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o For Red Hat Hugemem cp /3w-9xxx.hug /lib/modules/ /drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o 5 For 2.4 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modules.conf: alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.o For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf. alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko 6 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk. Change the directory to the boot directory: cd /boot Run mkinitrd by entering the following: (In the commands below, replace with the applicable kernel, for example 2.4.20-8) For Red Hat Uniprocessor mkinitrd -v -f initrd-.img www.3ware.com 203