How can I install a driver?

[Chris H.]

Quoting Daniel O'Connor <doconnor at gsoft.com.au>:

> On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:07, Chris H. wrote:
>> > but I have no clue how I can bypass the second step, which is installing
>> > the if_myk.ko to /boot/kernel
>> >
>> > I have tried to cp if_yk.ko /boot/kernel/
>>
>> bad idea.
>
> Maybe you should elaborate as to why..

See below...

>
> It shouldn't do any *harm*.
>
> The only downside will be that if you build a new kernel you'll no longer be
> able to load it automatically (because it will be in /boot/kernel.old)
>
> For testing purposed you could just unpack it into, say, /tmp and then do
> kldload ./if_yk.ko
>
> If that works OK then copy it into /boot/modules and add

This is the correct location for modules. Hence my "bad idea" comment.
But if you had sourced: /boot/defaults/loader.conf, man loader.conf
then you already figured this out, and know why I might have said "bad 
idea". :)

--Chris H.

> if_yk_load="YES"
> to /boot/loader.conf
>
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