The following steps precede installation of a driver:
Compile the driver.
Create a configuration file if necessary.
Identify the driver module to the system through either of the following alternatives:
Match the driver's name to the name of the device node.
Use either add_drv(1M) or update_drv(1M) to inform the system of the module names.
The system maintains a one-to-one association between the name of the driver module and the name of the dev_info node. For example, consider a dev_info node for a device that is named mydevice. The device mydevice is handled by a driver module that is also named mydevice. The mydevice module resides in a subdirectory that is called drv, which is in the module path. The module is in drv/mydevice if you are using a 32-bit kernel. The module is in drv/sparcv9/mydevice if you are using a 64-bit SPARC kernel. The module is in drv/amd64/mydevice if you are using a 64-bit x86 kernel.
If the driver is a STREAMS network driver, then the driver name must meet the following constraints:
Only alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), plus the underscore ('_'), are allowed.
Neither the first nor the last character of the name can be a digit.
The name cannot exceed 16 characters in length. Names in the range of 3-8 characters in length are preferable.
If the driver must manage dev_info nodes with different names, the add_drv(1M) utility can create aliases. The -i flag specifies the names of other dev_info nodes that the driver handles. The update_drv command can also modify aliases for an installed device driver.