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MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide
June 2015 FreeBSD Driver Installation
Updating Drivers in the FreeBSD System
3. Follow the instructions for driver installation in Section 6.6.1, Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source , for
a statically linked module, or in Section 6.6.2, Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module by Using kldload
(Dynamically Loadable Module) .
4. After the FreeBSD OS is installed and the driver is updated, power down the system and install the
MegaRAID controller.
For assistance, refer to the installation guide that came with the controller.
6.5.2 Installing the FreeBSD OS on a System that Includes an Avago Controller before the
OS Installation
Perform the following steps:
1. Start the installation process.
2. Proceed with the installation on a drive attached to the motherboard.
Make sure you install the full the FreeBSD OS source.
3. After the OS installation, follow the instructions for driver installation in Section 6.5.2, Installing the FreeBSD OS on
a System that Includes an Avago Controller before the OS Installation (for a statically linked module), or in
Section 6.6.2, Compiling and Loading the Driver as a Module by Using kldload (Dynamically Loadable Module) .
6.6 Updating Drivers in the FreeBSD System
You can update drivers either from source files or with driver modules. By using source files, you can compile drivers
into the kernel, or you can create modules for versions of the FreeBSD OS for which Avago does not supply modules.
This section includes these topics:
 Updating the kernel with the new driver source
 Compiling and loading the driver as a module using kldload (dynamically loadable module)
 Updating the MegaRAID kernel driver module in the FreeBSD OS
6.6.1 Updating the Kernel with the New Driver Source
Use this procedure to update your kernel from driver source files for both a dynamically loadable module and a
statically linked module. To obtain the source files, see
Section 6.2, Obtaining Avago FreeBSD Drivers .
Perform the following steps to update your kernel with the driver source files:
1. Make sure that the kernel source has been installed on the system.
The kernel sources are in the /usr/src/sys directory.
2. Go to the /usr/src/sys/dev/ directory and perform the following steps.
a. Check to see whether a directory with the driver name mrsas already exists. If a directory already exists, move
it to a different folder.
 To move the mrsas (4)driver, type the following command and press Enter:
# mv /usr/src/sys/dev/mrsas /root/mrsas.backup
3. Proceed to the /usr/src/sys/modules/ directory and repeat Step 2.