User`s guide

5 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation

Installing the Driver

IS0053302-00 7 PRELIMINARY 5-5

Before building a RAMDISK image, you must build a UP or SMP version of the

driver, as described in section 5.3.1 or 5.3.2.

Perform the following steps to load the qla4010 driver using a RAMDISK image:

1. Copy the files to /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/ by typing:

# make install

2. Add the following line to /etc/modules.conf:

alias scsi_hostadapter0 qla4010

If there are multiple QLA40104010C HBAs in the system, you must have one

entry for each HBA in the /etc/modules.conf file. For example, if there are two

QLA4010/4010C HBAs in the system, add the following lines:

alias scsi_hostadapter0 qla4010

alias scsi_hostadapter1 qla4010

3. Type the following command to build the RAMDISK image that contains the

qla4010.o module:

# mkinitrd -f <RAMDISK image file name> <kernel version>

For example:

# mkinitrd -f /boot/newinitrd-image.img 2.4.7-10

# mkinitrd -f /boot/newinitrd-image.img 2.4.7-10smp

NOTE: To obtain your kernel version before using the above command, type:

# uname -r

Copy the file to /boot. (remove this sentence? It’s not in the readme file.)

4. Configure the boot loader with the new RAMDISK image.

For LILO, perform the following steps:

a. Add the following line to one of the kernel entry sections in the /etc/lilo.conf

file to use the RAMDISK image:

initrd=/boot/newinitrd-image.img

b. Run LILO by typing the following:

#/sbin/lilo

c. Reboot the system.

For GRUB, perform the following steps:

a. Add the following line to one of the kernel entry sections in the /etc/grub.conf

file to use the RAMDISK image:

initrd /newinitrd-image.img

b. Reboot the system. Select the kernel with the new RAMDISK image.