Tp-Link TL-WN822N V5 [5/19] Load the driver

3. Load the Driver

Here we show the 88x2bu.ko wireless driver loading process as an example. Run the

following command to load the driver.

$ sudo cp 88x2bu.ko /lib/modules/[kernel version]

/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ #[kernel

version] is the directory name of the system kernel version

$ sudo depmod –a

$ sudo modprobe 88x2bu

Or directly use insmod to load the driver.

$ sudo insmod 88x2bu.ko

After loading the driver, run the following command to check if the driver is successfully

loaded.

$ lsmod

Mint 18.03

1. Development Environment

The development environment in Mint is required as follows：

Development Environment

Mint 18.03

Kernel version

4.10.0-38.generic

Gcc version 5.4.0

2. Compile the Driver

2.1. Compilation tool and kernel sources

Before you compile the driver, please make sure you have the correct compile tool and

kernel sources. In Mint, we can install compile tool gcc by command “apt-get install gcc”

$ apt-get install gcc

Note: We recommend you install the same version tool to compile the driver.

For example: