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