3Ware 3W-6800 User Guide - Page 114
Compiling the Driver (For experts only), For Red Hat 2.2, For Red Hat 7.0 and older - command line
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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide Case 2: Your system runs an SMP system (multi-processor). 1 Type the following lines: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy 2 For Red Hat 2.2 kernels, type: cp /mnt/***/3w-xxxx.smp /lib/modules/ ***kernel string***/scsi/3w-xxxx.o 3 For Red Hat 2.4 kernels, type: cp /mnt/***/3w-xxxx.smp /lib/modules/ ***kernel string***/kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-xxxx.o 4 Edit the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file as follows: After the lines: #Start up swapping. action "Activating swap partitions" swapon -a add the following lines: For Red Hat 7.0 and older, type: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/***kernel string***/ scsi/3w-xxxx.o For Red Hat 7.1 and newer, type: /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/***kernel string***/ kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/***kernel string***/ kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/***kernel string***/ kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.o Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to compile the driver yourself (for a different kernel version that you are running), then perform the following steps. 1 Copy the driver source from the floppy into a working directory. 2 Untar the driver source with the command, tar zxfp 3w- xxxx.tgz. 104 www.3ware.com