Building A Multiprocessor Version Of The Driver - HP StorageWorks A6826A Installation Manual

Pci-x host bus adapter for linux 64-bit systems

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Building a Multiprocessor Version of the Driver

Perform the following steps to build an SMP version of the qla2300 driver:

1. If not already installed, extract the kernel-header and kernel-source RPM files

2. Change to the Linux source directory.

3. At the command prompt, enter the following:

4. At the command prompt, enter the following:

5. Locate the source files:

A6826A PCI-X Host Bus Adapter for Linux 64-bit Systems Installation Guide

from your Linux CD-ROM distribution. For example:

# cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS

# rpm -iv kernel-headers*.rpm

# rpm -iv kernel-source*.rpm

For Red Hat, enter:

# cd /usr/src/linux-2.4

For SUSE SLES, enter:

# cd /usr/src/linux

# make menuconfig

a. Choose Processor type and features, then press Enter. The Processor

Type and Features menu displays.

b. Choose Symmetric Multiprocessor, then press Spacebar.

c. Click Exit. The system prompts:

Do you wish to save your new kernel configuration?

d. Click Yes. The system saves a new config file in the current directory.

# make dep

If you have installed the driver RPM, the driver source files reside in

/opt/hp/storage_drivers/...

If you have copied your drivers from other media, copy the

qla2x00src-vx.xx.tgz file to the home/qla2x00 directory. For

example, if you have copied the driver source file on to a CD-ROM,

enter:

# cd /home

# mkdir qla2x00

# cd /home/qla2x00

# cp /mnt/cdrom/qla* . (The period [.] at the end is required.)

# tar -xvzf qla*.tgz

Installing the Linux Driver

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