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Compiling the Driver (For experts only), Build the driver

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5 Copy the new Makefile to /sys/modules/twe 6 Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel. 7 Reboot with the rebuilt kernel. If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the CLI documentation. Compiling the Driver (For experts only) If you wish to build the driver yourself (for a different kernel version that you are running), then perform the following steps. 1 Copy the 3ware driver source file archive (twe.tgz) to an accessible location. 2 Unpack the 3ware driver source files. 3 Back up the original source files under /sys/dev/twe and /sys/modules/twe 4 Copy the Makefile to /sys/modules/twe 5 Change the directory to /sys/modules/twe 6 Build the driver make clean make 7 Back up /modules/twe.ko 8 Copy the driver to the /modules directory. cp twe.ko /modules/twe.ko 9 Unload the existing driver, if any kldunload twe.ko 10 Load the new driver. kldload twe.ko www.3ware.com 77

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5
Copy the new Makefile to
/sys/modules/twe
6
Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel.
7
Reboot with the rebuilt kernel.
If you are using the 3ware Command Line Interface, refer to the CLI
documentation.
Compiling the Driver (For experts only)
If you wish to build the driver yourself (for a different kernel version that you
are running), then perform the following steps.
1
Copy the 3ware driver source file archive (twe.tgz) to an accessible
location.
2
Unpack the 3ware driver source files.
3
Back up the original source files under
/sys/dev/twe
and
/sys/modules/twe
4
Copy the Makefile to
/sys/modules/twe
5
Change the directory to
/sys/modules/twe
6
Build the driver
make clean
make
7
Back up /modules/twe.ko
8
Copy the driver to the /modules directory.
cp twe.ko /modules/twe.ko
9
Unload the existing driver, if any
kldunload twe.ko
10
Load the new driver.
kldload twe.ko