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5 – Red Hat Linux Driver Installation Installing the Driver
Perform the following steps for LILO:
a. Add a section for newKernel in the /etc/lilo.conf file. For example:
image=/boot/newKernel
label=newKernel
b.To load newKernel by default, update the “default=” line at the top of the /etc/lilo.conf file. For example:
default=newKernel
c.Load the new boot configuration by typing the following:
# lilo
d.Restart the system. The new kernel image containing the qla4000 driver is now the default boot image.
Perform the following steps for GRUB:
a. Add a section for newKernel in the /etc/grub.conf file. For example:
title Red Hat
kernel /newkernel ro root=/dev/hda2
b.Restart the system. The new kernel image containing the qla4000 driver is now the default boot image.
7.Type the following command to determine whether your custom kernel is loaded:
# cat /proc/version
5.3.2
Building a Driver from the Source Code
From the source code, you can build the qla4000.o driver for your uniprocessor (UP) or symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) system, then load the driver manually or automatically using a RAMDISK image during system boot time.
To build a UP version of the qla4000 driver, see section 5.3.2.1. To build an SMP version of the qla4000 driver, see section 5.3.2.2.
After building a UP or SMP version of the driver, you must load the driver by one of the following methods:
■Manually (see section 5.3.2.3)
■Through a RAMDISK image, which you must build (see section 5.3.2.4)
