Kernel Configuration - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter IX. LIO iSCSI Target Offload

Kernel Configuration

RHEL 7.4/ RHEL 7.5
i. Download the kernel source RPM kernel-3.10.0-xxx.el7.src.rpm.
ii. Install the kernel source.
[root@host~]# rpm -ivh kernel-3.10.0-xxx.el7.src.rpm
iii. Prepare the kernel source.
[root@host~]# cd /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/
[root@host~]# rpmbuild -bp kernel.spec --nodeps
[root@host~]# cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-3.10.0-xxx.el7/linux-3.10.0-
xxx.el7.x86_64/
[root@host~]# make prepare
iv. Copy the source to /usr/src directory.
[root@host~]# cp -r linux-3.10.0-xxx.el7 /usr/src
v. Proceed with driver installation as directed in the Software/Driver Installation section.
SLES15/SLES 12 SP3
No extra kernel configuration required.
Kernel.org linux-4.14.67
i. Change your current working directory to Chelsio Unified Wire package directory.
[root@host~]# cd ChelsioUwire-x.x.x.x
ii. Install 4.14.67 kernel with LIO iSCSI Target Offload enabled.
[root@host~]# make kernel_install
iii. Boot into the new kernel and proceed with driver installation as directed in the
Software/Driver Installation section.
Alternatley, to use a different 4.14 kernel version,
a. Download the required 4.14 kernel version from kernel.org.
b. Untar the tar-ball.
c. Change your working directory to kernel directory and run the following command to
invoke the installation menu.
[root@host~]# make menuconfig
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