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.