Driver installation

What are you trying to accomplish ?

In Linux the driver _is_ the device.

AFAIK, the (virtual) address of the driver code is not "general" but individually set when doing insmod. Why do you want to know the address of the diver code ?

-Michael

Hi Nilesh, driver files are usually object files infact kernel module object files.and if u r using them it means they are under execution and the location ,interms of memory location details, would be either a part of the monolithic kernel(a builtin) or a module that gets loaded and unloaded as per the need. Typically ur drivers are modules.and to chk what are all the device driver modules present in ur system issues the /sbin/lsmod command. the object files are available in the /lib/modules/ subdirectories. Also take the help of /proc details as they can give u device specific and kernel internal info. /proc/devices would list the kernel modules with their major numbers. Take up these major numbers and look into the /dev directory for the files which have these major numbers attatched to them.

man -> insmod,rmmod,modprobe. cat /proc/ -> device,interrupts

drivers are very very specific for the devices.post ur requirement more specifically for a better help ;)

-kaushal

Thanks Krishna that was really helpful info. I've Linux installed on ARM9. When I give command lsmod or cat /proc/modules, I cannot see any modules. So aren't these installed at boot time. But I can see the devices loaded by cat /proc/devices. How do I check what all drivers are currently present on my system.

Thanks, Nilesh

The dirvers might not be modules.Instead they cud be part of the kernel.Builtins for the kernel. In that case u won't find them in lsmod.Try doing 'dmesg' command for the list of devices installed during the boot time.Also u can chk /var/log/messages for that sake.

Hence dmesg output and lsmod output together consitute the total drivers present in ur system.

-kaushal