Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > > xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so available to the Xserver). > > > > > drivers can be: > > - kernel space only - Network Interface Card (NIC) for example, USB, > SATA controllers, etc.
They come in the form of *.ko files under /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/, correct? > - kernel space + user space drivers - video drivers These user space video drivers probably come as *.so modules for the Xserver, like in FreeBSD? > - user space only drivers - printers, scanners, etc. These are not very interesting (like ghostscript printer "drivers" etc). > > > > How do you "install a driver"? > > It depends how particular driver is packaged what kind it is. If the > driver is included in Linux kernel then you don't have to do anything. Are there .deb packages (other than linux-image-*.deb itself ) which install kernel drivers? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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