Driver Installation Under FreeBSD
TWA_FIRMWARE_FLASHopt_twa.h
and the following line to your kernel configuration file (“custom” in the example above):
optionsTWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE
j If you intend to enable printing of debug messages in the driver, add the following line to /sys/conf/options:
TWA_DEBUGopt_twa.h
and the following line to your kernel configuration file (“custom” in the example above):
options | TWA_DEBUG=<number from 0 to 10> |
Specifying 0 in the above line prints no debug messages, whereas specifying 10 prints a LOT of debug messages.
11Rebuild the kernel and install the new kernel.
12Reboot with the rebuilt kernel.
Installing the 3ware Driver on a FreeBSD System that Boots from a Different Device
To install the 3ware driver as a module
1 Copy the driver from the 3ware
For FreeBSD 5.x, copy the driver into /boot/kernel.
2 Load the driver
kldload twa.ko
If units are present, you should see unit information in the system log (usually, /var/log/messages).
923ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide
