Need help installing USB drivers

[Nekativ]

Hi, I am rather new to Linux and do not know what to do.

I need to install ftdi_sio drivers to run a USB to Serial adapter. The drivers page is linked below:

http://ftdi-usb-sio.sourceforge.net/

I un-gz/tar the only files that are extracted are

ftdi_sio.c

and

ftdi_sio.h

Well, I have been searching all day and cannot seem to figure out what to do with the files.

I did get these general instructions tho:

"The Linux FTDI USB driver provided is version 1.2.1. More information on the driver,
including updated versions can be found at http://ftdi-usb-sio.sourceforge.net/. The driver
should be compiled either as a loadable module or into a kernel. The PID should be changed in the header file to "0xEE18" which corresponds to the PID used
on FTDI USB Converter in the MaxStream PKG-U. "

These instructions do not come with the default drivers that you can download from sourceforge.net

Any help would be appreciated as I have been searching all day.

[Nekativ]

bump, wow these forums move fast :P

[hal10000]

you don't ned to install it, it's already installed by default.
Just plug in your device and verify if the driver is loaded by typing on a terminal window:

lsmod | grep ftdi_sio
Id you get an answer, then it's loaded. If you don't get an answer, try

sudo modprobe ftdi_sio
This will load the driver.

That's all you (hopefully) need.

[Nekativ]

you don't ned to install it, it's already installed by default.
Just plug in your device and verify if the driver is loaded by typing on a terminal window:

lsmod | grep ftdi_sioId you get an answer, then it's loaded. If you don't get an answer, try

sudo modprobe ftdi_sioThis will load the driver.

That's all you (hopefully) need.


Thank you very much, works like a charm :)

[hal10000]

If you boot next time and it is not loaded automatically, then make (as root) an entry into your /etc/modules file. Just put ftdi_sio at the end of the file.

Modules in this file will be loaded at boottime

[dhavalbbhatt]

Can you please mark this as solved? It would help others.

Thanks,
DB

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