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Installing the Linux Driver
Loading and Unloading the qla2300 Driver Manually
Before loading the driver manually, first build the driver from sources as
described in the section
section
After manually loading the qla2300 driver, you can access the devices and unload
the driver manually without rebooting the system. The driver is also unloaded
each time the system is rebooted.
To load the qla2300 driver:
1. Manually install the driver binary:
Note:
system.
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FCA2214/FCA2214DC PCI-X Host Bus Adapters for Linux, NetWare, and Windows Installation
For the GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB), perform these steps:
a. Add the following line to one of the kernel entry sections in the
/etc/grub.conf file to use the ramdisk image:
initrd /boot/<ramdisk file name>
b. Reboot the system. Select the kernel with the new ramdisk image.
Building a Uniprocessor Version of the Driver
Building a Multiprocessor Version of the
a. Copy qla2300.o to /lib/modules/<kernel release
version>/kernel/drivers/scsi directory.
kernel release version
The <
b. Update the dependency file.
You can either run depmod -a or make sure that the following line is in
the /lib/modules/<kernel release version>/modules.dep file:
/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2300.o:
/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o
c. Enter the following command to load the driver:
# modprobe qla2300
d. Under the directory that contains the qla2300.o file, you can also enter the
following command:
# insmod qla2300.o
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