On 12/9/20 7:08 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > 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?
Correct. >> - kernel space + user space drivers - video drivers > > These user space video drivers probably come as *.so modules for the > Xserver, like in FreeBSD? Probably. >> - 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? > There are meta packages for Nvidia proprietary drivers in Debian repository. Kind regards Georgi
