User`s guide

12 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation

Installing the Driver

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5. Create a new directly, /qla2x00. Using the driver disk created in section 12.2,

copy the qla2xxxsrc-vx.yy-fo.tgz file to /qla2x00 and extract the files. For

example:

# mkdir qla2x00

# cd /qla2x00

# mcopy a:*.tgz . (The period (.) at the end is required.)

# tar -xvzf *.tgz

6. Build the qla2300.o driver from the source code by typing:

# make all SMP=1 OSVER=linux-2.4

NOTE: Refer to Makefile for additional supported command line parameters.

After building an SMP version of the driver, you must load the driver by one of the

following methods:

n Manually (see section 12.3.2.3)

n Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 12.3.2.4).

12.3.2.3

Loading the Driver Manually

Before loading the driver manually, you must build a UP or SMP version of the driver,

as described in sections 12.3.2.1 and 12.3.2.2.

To load the driver directly from the local build directory, type the following:

# insmod qla2300.o

To load the driver using modprobe, follow these steps:

1. Copy driver binary files. Type the following:

# cp qla2300.o /lib/modules/<kernel

version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/

2. Update the module dependency file. You can either enter the depmod -a

command or make sure that the following line is in the /lib/modules/<kernel

release version>/modules.dep file:

/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/scsi/qla2300.o: \

/lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/

3. Type the following to load the driver:

# modprobe qla2300