3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual page 59

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• For a i586 kernel, the kernel string will end in 586. For example:
2.6.16-586
• For a PAE kernel (Physical Address Extension), the kernel string will end
in pae. For example:
Module Naming Conventions
3w-9xxx.* refers to the specific kernel driver module you will copy in the
examples shown in steps 3 and 4. The name of the kernel driver module you
3w-9xxx.*
will copy ( ) varies, depending on the kernel; however you will
always copy it to a file named
supported release, not all modules may be required or available.
The available kernel driver module files are:
• For default kernels:
3w-9xxx.smp
• For SMP kernels:
• For Bigmem kernels:
3w-9xxx.586
• For i586 kernels:
3w-9xxx.pae
• For PAE kernels:
To install the 3ware driver and update the RAM disk
1 Log in as root and open a console window.
2 Mount the CD which contains the 3ware kernel driver module.
To mount the CD, type:
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt
3 Copy the kernel driver module:
For Redhat Linux Intel x86 and AMD, type:
cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/
3w-9xxx.<ko or pae> /lib/modules/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For Fedora Core on Intel x86 and AMD, type:
cp /mnt/packages/drivers/linux/fedora/
3w-9xxx.<ko, 586, or pae> /lib/modules/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
If prompted to overwrite, type
For Redhat Linux on AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T, type:
cp /mnt/cdrom/packages/drivers/linux/redhat/
x86_64/3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/
scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
Driver Installation Under Linux
2.6.16-pae
3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels. Depending on the
3w-9xxx.ko
3w-9xxx.big
and press Enter.
<kernel string>
y .
<kernel string>
<version> /x86/
/kernel/
<version> /x86/
<kernel string> /kernel/
<version> /
/kernel/drivers/
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