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DRIVERLOADER(8)						       DRIVERLOADER(8)

NAME
       driverLoader - load or configure a driver

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/etc/driverLoader [ aiv ] [ d=deviceName ] [ instance ]

DESCRIPTION
       driverLoader   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)

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