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2–Driver Installation and Configuration
Linux Driver Installation and Configuration
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4.
To automatically load the driver each time the system boots, rebuild the
RAM disk to include the driver.
Create a copy of the current RAMDISK by issuing the following commands:
# cd /boot
# cp initrd-[
kernel version
].img initrd-[
kernel
version
].img.bak
# mkinitrd
5.
To load the driver, reboot the host.
Building the Driver for SLES 11 SP3 Linux
1.
In the directory that contains the source driver file,
qla2
xxx
-src-v
x.xx.xx.xx.
11
.x
-k.tgz
, issue the following
commands:
# tar -xzvf qla2
xxx
-src-v
x.xx.xx.xx.
11
.x
-k.tgz
# cd qla2
xxx
-
x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx
-k4
where
x.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx
is the applicable version number.
2.
Build and install the driver modules from the source code by executing the
build.sh
script as follows:
# ./extras/build.sh install
The
build.sh
script does the following:
Builds the driver
.ko
files.
Copies the
.ko
files to the appropriate
/lib/modules/3.x.../updates
directory.
Adds the appropriate directive in the
modprobe.conf
file (if
applicable).
3.
Manually load the driver for Linux.
Edit the
/etc/modprobe.d/unsupported_modules
file to make
the following change:
allow_unsupported_modules 1
(replace
0
by
1
)
NOTE
Depending on the server hardware, the RAMDISK file name might be
different.