Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 335)

Installing 3ware Drivers and Software under Linux
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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 172.
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-sas.ko /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /kernel/
drivers/scsi/3w-sas.ko
For SUSE SMP (2.6 kernels)
cp <version> /3w-sas.smp /lib/modules/ <kernel string> /
kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.ko
For SUSE high memory systems (2.6 kernels)
cp <version>/3w-sas.big /lib/modules/<kernel string>/
kernel/drivers/scsi/3w-sas.ko
5 Run /sbin/depmod -a
6 Make sure the file /lib/modules/<kernel string>/
modules.dep contains an entry for 3w-sas . If not, add it after the
3w-xxxx entry.
7 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk. (Skip to step 10 if
you prefer to use
insmod 3w-sas.ko , instead.)
Make sure the file / etc/sysconfig/kernel
contains the following line:
INITRD_MODULES=”3w-sas”
Note: 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.