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No Documentation Exists for how to Install hardware drivers - Create Documentation

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Since Oct 12, 2022.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No Documentation exists on how to install drivers on Photon OS. Users need to know what packages are required, examples for different scenario's, etc..

Examples that are needed:
linux-firmware
dkms
make/make install

Describe the solution you'd like

Example would be for adding an Intel Wireless Driver. Here is my example:

#Install Packages needed
tdnf install -y git linux-api-headers linux-devel linux-firmware usbutils pciutils wpa_supplicant
reboot

##Download and install iwlwifi firmware
cd /tmp
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git --depth 1
cd linux-firmware
sudo cp iwlwifi-* /lib/firmware/

#Search for devices
modprobe iwlwifi

#review messages in dmesg for intel driver
dmesg | grep iwlwifi

##Use tools to find details about wireless devices and drivers used
#PCI Devices
lspci
lspci xx:yy -nnvvv (allows you to see what firmware is being used and more details)
#USB Devices
lsusb
lsusb xx:yy -nnvvv (same thing)

Describe alternatives you've considered

Nothing exists for this documentation, I had to figure it out on my own.

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