Building The Driver Into The Kernel; Scsi Functionality - HP StorageWorks A7298A Manual

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5. Add the following line to get multiple LUN support:

append="max_scsi_luns=LUNs"

Where LUNs is the number of LUNs per SCSI device. Adding this line is

optional.

6. Run these commands to build the boot image. The boot image new_image_name

must match the name specified in the /etc/lilo.conf file:

# rm -f /boot/new_image_filename

# /sbin/mkinitrd /boot/new_image_filename kernel_version

7. Run these commands to check and load the boot image:

# lilo -t -v

# lilo -v

8. Reboot the system to incorporate the new driver. At the shell prompt, enter the

following:

# sync

# reboot

9. As the system reboots, you are prompted with LILO boot. At this point enter the

name of the label of your boot image, new_label in the above example, or just

press enter and the default boot image will be loaded.

Building the Driver Into the Kernel

Once you have installed the source files, you can build the driver into the kernel.

1. Enter the following commands:

# mkdir /usr/src/linus/scsi/lpfc

# find . -print | cpio -pdumv /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/lpfc

# cd /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/lpfc

# cp Makefile.kernel Makefile

2. Edit the Makefile and the lpfc.conf.c files, if needed.

3. Enter the following command to change the directory to the Linux source:

# cd /usr/src/linux/

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