Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
To update the 3ware driver under SuSE
1
Download and extract the driver, as described under “Downloading the
Driver and Firmware” on page 165.
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 <version> with applicable SuSE
version, such as su10)
Replace <kernel> with applicable kernel (i.e.: 2.6.16.x)
For SuSE Uniprocessor (2.6 kernels)
cp
<version>
/3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/
<kernel>
/drivers/scsi
For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels)
cp
<version>
/3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules/
<kernel>
/kernel/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For SuSE high memory systems (2.6 kernels)
cp <version>/3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules/<kernel>/kernel/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
5
Run
/sbin/depmod -a
6
Make sure the
file /lib/modules/<kernel string>/modules.dep
contains an entry for 3w-9xxx. If not, add it after the
3w-xxxx
entry.
7
Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk. (Skip to step 10 if
you prefer to use insmod 3w-9xxx.o, instead.)
Make sure the file /
etc/sysconfig/kernel
contains the following line:
INITRD_MODULES=”3w-9xxx”
8
Run mkinitrd.
9
If you are using lilo, use lilo to update to the boot loader.
You should see a printout of kernels that are able to boot on this system
after running lilo.
10 Reboot, if booted from the 3ware controller. Otherwise, continue with
step 11.
The driver is now updated.
Note:
Other modules may be listed before or after 3w-9xxx
depending on the installation. You may see entries likes reiserfs, ext3
or scsi_mod. Leave these entries alone, if present, as the system may
need them to boot properly.
