3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Guide - Page 53

Driver Installation Under Linux Module Naming Conventions 3w-9xxx.* refers to the specific module you will copy in the examples shown in steps 3 and 4. 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. The available module files are: „ For UP kernels: 3w-9xxx.ko „ For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp „ For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent „ For Bigmem kernels: 3w-9xxx.big „ For Hugemem kernels: 3w-9xxx.hug „ For IA32E kernels: 3w-9xxx.i32 To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk 1 Log in as root and open a console window. 2 Mount the CD which contains the 3ware driver. To mount the CD, type: mount /dev/cdrom and press Enter. 3 Copy the driver: For Redhat WS4 on Intel x86 and AMD, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ws4/x86/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. For Redhat workstation on AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T, type: cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/ws4/x86_64/ 3w-9xxx. /lib/modules// kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko If prompted to overwrite, type y. 4 For 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to /etc/modprobe.conf alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko 5 Update the modules.dep file, by issuing the following command: /sbin/depmod -a 6 Run mkinitrd by entering the following: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-.img where is the /lib/modules directory from which to copy the 3w-9xxx driver. Example: /sbin/mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-2.6.18-14.img 2.6.18-14 www.3ware.com 43