What is a Linux driver?

The software that handles or manages a hardware controller is known as a device driver.

The Linux kernel device drivers are, essentially, a shared library of privileged, memory resident, low level hardware handling routines.

It is Linux’s device drivers that handle the peculiarities of the devices they are managing.

How do I install drivers on Linux?

How to Download and Install the Driver on a Linux Platform

• Use the ifconfig command to obtain a list of the current Ethernet network interfaces.
• Once the Linux drivers file is downloaded, uncompress and unpack the drivers.
• Select and install the appropriate OS driver package.
• Load the driver.
• Identify the NEM eth device.