3Ware 9550SXU-16ML User Guide - Page 62

Chapter 4. Driver Installation Specifying 0 in the above line prints no debug messages, whereas specifying 10 prints a LOT of debug messages. 11 Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel. 12 Reboot with the rebuilt kernel. Installing the 3ware Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device To install the 3ware driver as a module 1 Copy the driver from the 3ware CD-ROM at /packages/drivers/ freebsd5.4 (Select 32-bit or 64-bit driver, as appropriate.) 2 Load the driver kldload twa.ko If units are present, you should see unit information in the system log (usually, /var/log/messages). Note: Since twa.ko behaves like a SCSI driver, the units that it controls are seen as da0, da1 etc. To make the driver part of the kernel 1 Create the directory /sys/dev/twa mkdir /sys/dev/twa 2 Copy the 3ware driver source file archive (twa.tgz) to the directory you created in step 1. 3 Unpack the 3ware driver source files. cd /sys/dev/twa ; tar -xzvf twa.tgz 4 Change the kernel build infrastructure to include the 3ware driver sources. a Change to the following directory: cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf b Copy the configuration file to a custom file. For example, if the configuration file is GENERIC, type cp GENERIC custom c Edit the custom file and add the lines shown below under RAID controllers. device twa # 3ware Escalade 9000 series d Save the file. e Change to the following directory: cd /sys/conf 52 3ware 9550SX Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide