3Ware 9550SX-4LP - Obtaining 3 Ware Linux Drivers; Be Sure to Use the Correct Drivers

Driver Installation Under Linux
www.3ware.com 39
article.aspx?id=14546. You can also contact 3ware Technical Support, or
email your driver request to support1@amcc.com.
For information about how to compile a driver from the 3ware driver source,
see the links appended to knowledgebase article 14546 (http://
www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14546).
Obtaining 3ware Linux Drivers
Obtain the 3ware driver for Linux from one of these two sources:
•
3ware software CD-ROM. Compiled and tested drivers for Red Hat and
SuSE Linux are included on this CD.
•
3ware web site. You can download the latest compiled and tested driver
for supported Linux distributions from the 3ware web site at
http://www.3ware.com/support/index.asp. Included in these downloads is
the Linux driver source, which you can use to compile the latest driver for
RedHat, SuSE, and other similar distributions, running similar kernel
strings.
Be Sure to Use the Correct Drivers
The Linux 3w-9xxx drivers included on the 3ware CD are for 3ware 9590SE,
9550SX, and 9500S series controllers. 3ware 7/8000 series controllers use a
Linux driver labeled 3w-xxxx. The drivers for the 9000 series controllers and
the 7/8000 series controllers are not interchangeable, but can be used together
when both controller types are installed in the same system. The examples in
this chapter refer only to the 9000 series driver (9590SE, 9550SX, and
9500S). For information about using the 7/8000 driver and controller, refer to
the user guide or installation procedure for the 7/8000-series controller.
Warning: Be sure to use the correct driver for your processor. Be
sure you load the correct driver on your system. It is possible to
load the wrong driver onto a system, however when you boot such
systems, they will not work.
For Red Hat, AMCC offers the following drivers:
• x86 32-bit for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon
• AMD 64-bit, used for both AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon
(EM64T)
For SuSE, AMCC offers the following drivers:
• x86 32-bit, for Intel x86 and AMD Athlon
• AMD 64-bit, for AMD Opteron and Intel 64-bit Xeon (EM64T)