How Do I Install a Linux Kernel Driver?

How do I install drivers in Linux?

How to Download and Install the Driver on a Linux Platform

1. Use the ifconfig command to obtain a list of the current Ethernet network interfaces. …
2. Once the Linux drivers file is downloaded, uncompress and unpack the drivers. …
3. Select and install the appropriate OS driver package. …
4. Load the driver.

How do I install kernel drivers?

3 Answers

1. Create a directory like my_drvr inside drivers(which is in the Linux source code) for your driver and put your driver (my_driver.c) file inside this directory. …
2. Create one Makefile inside your driver directory (using vi any editor) and inside this put obj-$(CONFIG_MY_DRIVER) += my_driver.o and save this file.