Driver Installation Under Linux
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About Variables In the Kernel Driver Module Installation
Instructions
These conventions are used for variable text for kernel strings and module
names in the instructions on the following pages.
Kernel String Conventions
<kernel string> refers to the kernel version.
The kernel string will have different endings, depending on the kernel you are
using.
• For an SMP kernel (multi-processor), the kernel string will end in smp.
For example:
2.6.11-smp.
• For an Enterprise kernel, the kernel string will end in enterprise. For
example:
2.6.11-enterprise
• For a Bigmem kernel, the kernel string will end in bigmem. For example:
2.6.11-bigmem
• For a Hugemem kernel, the kernel string will end in hugmem. For
example:
2.6.11-hugmem
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
will copy (
3w-9xxx.*) varies, depending on the kernel; however you will
always copy it to a file named
3w-9xxx.o for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernels.
The available kernel driver module files are:
• For UP kernels:
3w-9xxx.ko
• For SMP kernels: 3w-9xxx.smp
• For Enterprise kernels: 3w-9xxx.ent
• For Bigmem kernels:
3w-9xxx.big
• For Hugemem kernels:
3w-9xxx.hug
• For IA32E kernels:
3w-9xxx.i32
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 and press Enter.
3 Copy the kernel driver module:
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