Chapter 10. Maintaining Your Controller
216 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Updating the 3ware Driver Under FreeBSD
The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under FreeBSD.
To update the 3ware driver under FreeBSD
1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 200.
2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware driver.
3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted driver.
4 Copy the files to the appropriate directory.
For FreeBSD 4.x, copy the driver into
/modules
For FreeBSD 5.x, copy the driver into
/boot/kernel.
5 Load the driver
kldload twa.ko
If units are present, you should see unit information in the system
log (usually, /var/log/messages).
6
If you wish to load the driver automatically every time
the system is rebooted,
add the line 'twa_load="YES"' to the
file
/boot/loader.conf
Updating the Firmware Under Linux and
FreeBSD
The following steps describe how to update the firmware under Linux and
FreeBSD. The PROM images that are installed when you update the firmware
include any 3BM, A-chip, P-chip, and BBU firmware updates. For example,
in release 9.3.0.4, the new Boot Volume Size feature is included.
To update the firmware under Linux and FreeBSD
1 Download and extract the firmware, as described on page 200.
2 Backup any critical data prior to updating the 3ware firmware.
3 Change the directory to the location with the extracted files, which
include tw_update.
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