DRIVERLOADER(8)DRIVERLOADER(8)NAMEdriverLoader - load or configure a driver
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/driverLoader [ aiv ] [ d=deviceName ] [ instance ]
DESCRIPTIONdriverLoader 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
SEE ALSO
/NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/OperatingSystem/Part3_DriverKit
NeXT Computer, Inc. August 9, 1994 DRIVERLOADER(8)