Updating the Driver and Firmwarewww.3ware.com 203Updating the 3ware Driver Under Red Hat1 Download and extract the driver, as described on page 190.2 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 with the applicable Red Hatversion, such as ws3_x86, and replace with the applicablekernel, for example 2.4.20-8)Note: The name of the module you will copy (3w-9xxx.*) varies,depending on the kernel; however you will always copy it to a file named3w-9xxx.o for 2.4 kernels, or 3w-9xxx.ko for 2.6 kernelsFor Red Hat Uniprocessorcp /3w-9xxx.o /lib/modules//drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.oFor Red Hat SMPcp /3w-9xxx.smp /lib/modules//drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.oFor Red Hat Bigmemcp /3w-9xxx.big /lib/modules//drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.oFor Red Hat Hugememcp /3w-9xxx.hug /lib/modules//drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.o5 For 2.4 Kernels, add the following line to/etc/modules.conf:alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.oFor 2.6 Kernels, add the following line to/etc/modprobe.conf.alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx.ko6 Complete the upgrade by upgrading the initial ramdisk.Change the directory to the boot directory:cd /bootRun mkinitrd by entering the following:(In the commands below, replace with the applicable kernel, forexample 2.4.20-8)For Red Hat Uniprocessormkinitrd –v –f initrd-.img
