Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) - Manual (Page 209)

Updating the Firmware and Driver
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For Red Hat Hugemem
mkinitrd –v –f initrd- <kernel string> hugmem.img <kernel
string> hugmem
7 If you are using lilo, run lilo to update to the boot loader.
You should see a printout of kernels that are able to boot on this system
after running lilo.
Updating the 3ware Driver Under SuSE
The following steps describe how to update the 3ware driver under SuSE.
To update the 3ware driver under SuSE
1 Download and extract the driver, as described under “Downloading the
Driver and Firmware” on page 181.
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.
(In the commands below, replace <version> with applicable SuSE
version, such as su10)
Replace <kernel string> with applicable kernel (i.e.: 2.6.16.x)
For SuSE Uniprocessor (2.6 kernels)
cp <version> /3w-9xxx.ko /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For SuSE SMP (2.6 kernels)
cp <version> /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/
drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
For SuSE high memory systems (2.6 kernels)
cp <version>/3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules/<kernel string>/
kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.ko
Note: Pre-compiled, tested, and supported drivers are no longer available for older
SuSE Linux releases using the 2.4 kernel. The source code is still available (for a
limited time) if a newer 2.4 driver is still needed. Check the release notes for more
details regarding supported operating systems.
Backup your original driver before updating in case you need to revert back to it.
However, you will not be able to revert back to the original driver if you are booted
from that unit.