The driver exists either as a loadable module or within the already running kernel.Īn easy way to tell if the driver is enabled is to use the dmesg command piped into less (for easy paging) to look for an acknowledgement that it was loaded when your system started up: Your Linux distribution vendor has likely enabled the most common options already, including the bus, or connection type, and drivers for common camera models. As a rule, often the stock kernel, or working part of the operating system, of your initial installation may already have support for what you need.
