AMCC 9000 manual Make oldconfig Untar the driver source with this command

Driver Installation Under Linux

5Copy the config file for the kernel you want to build module for from the appropriate /usr/src/linux/arch directory (listed below) to /usr/src/linux/.config.

kernel	directory
x86 UP	/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig.default
x86 SMP	/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig.smp4g
x86 ATHLON	/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig.athlon

6Make oldconfig

7Untar the driver source with this command:

tar zxfv 3w-9xxx.tgz

The driver source will be output to a directory called “driver”.

8 Change directory to driver.

cd driver

9 To build UP module boot to desired UP kernel, type:

make -f Makefile.oth

The created file is 3w-9xxx.o

10 To build SMP module boot to desired SMP kernel, type:

make smp -f Makefile.oth

The created file is 3w-9xxx.smp

11 Copy the module 3w-9xxx.oto the scsi directory.

/lib/modules/<kernel string>/kernel/drivers/scsi/ 3w-9xxx.o

12Edit /etc/modprobe.conf and add alias scsi_hostadapter 3w-9xxx

13Load the module modprobe 3w-9xxx

843ware 9000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controller Installation Guide