Installing drivers
Drivers are installed using the idtools,
a set of commands that perform all the steps
required to install a driver
used in the following order:
idinstall(1M)-
Install driver and configuration files.
idspace(1M)-
Check that enough disk space is available
to perform a kernel configuration with idbuild.
idbuild(1M)-
Configure/rebuild new kernel
with newly installed (or removed) drivers.
idcheck(1M)-
Return information about the system configuration.
This is used to check whether a specific driver
has already been installed
or to verify that a specific interrupt vector,
I/O address, or other resource
is available for use.
idconfupdate(1M) (hardware drivers only)-
Ensure that the resource manager database entries
are consistent with the information
in the DSPs for installed drivers.
idinterface(1M)-
Get list of symbols in a versioned interface.
idmkinit(1M)-
Create an /etc/inittab for the newly built kernel.
idmknodd(1M) (DDI 8 and later)-
Create special device files for devices
supported by this driver.
idmodload(1M)-
Load configured drivers when the system is booted.
idresadd(1M)-
Update the resource manager database.
idtune(1M)-
Set value for tunable driver parameters.
idtype(1M)-
Set or get kernel build type.
The following idtools are supported
for drivers written for DDI versions
prior to version 8:
idmknod(1M)-
Create special device files for devices
supported by this driver.
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