How to find and install a device driver...

// Some experience summarized during work

 

1. Determine the hardware model to be installed. You can find it in/etc/sysconfig/hwconf, which lists all the hardware models and manufacturers, here, vendorid refers to the hardware manufacturer number, and DeviceID refers to the device number. Generally, both the manufacturer and the device number are four digits.

 

2. The lspci command can be used to view information about all PCI devices in the current system. The lspci-N | grep can be used to view the producer and device ID information of the devices, you can also find this information in hwconf.

3. If the device number is found, you can go to http://pci-ids.ucw.cz/iii/to check the information related to the device. You can find the device name.

4. Search for a device driver by device name and Model

5. Compile the module/driver

6. The lsmod command can list all loaded modules/drivers in the current system.

7. The modinfo command can view the specified module/driver information. Alias indicates the hardware model supported by this module/driver.

8. Use the modprobe or insmod command to load the driver. Use rmmod to delete a module/driver.