DRIVERLOADER(8)

NAME
driverLoader - load or configure a driver

SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/driverLoader [ aiv ] [ d=deviceName ] [ instance ]

DESCRIPTION
driverLoader loads or configures a driver after boot time. driverLoader is normally used in the script /etc/rc during automatic reboot.

The d option configures one device interactively. This is how you load drivers that aren't specified in the system configuration, and is generally used to test a device driver. For example, specifying the -d option as in this command:

/usr/etc/driverLoader d=Adaptec1542B

initiates an interactive dialog (user input in bold):

Answer queries with 'y' for 'yes', anything else is 'no'. Execute Pre-Load file (pre-load filename)? y Load driver Adaptec1542B? y Configure driver Adaptec1542B unit 0? y Execute Post-Load file (post-load filename)? y

The queries about Pre-Load and Post-Load files only appear if the driver supports such files. The filenames for the Pre-Load and Post-Load files are specific to a given driver.

You provide the instance argument to specify an Instancen.table file. For example, if you specify instance as 1, the driver will be probed using the information in its Instance1.table file.

OPTIONS

a   Configure all devices. This option is generally used when driverLoader is run during system boot in the script /etc/rc.

d=deviceName
    Configure deviceName interactively.

i   Enable interactive mode to view all active and boot drivers in the system configuration.

v   Produce verbose output.

EXAMPLES
/usr/etc/driverLoader d=fooDriver

/usr/etc/driverLoader d=fooDriver 1