Installation of serial IO GPIO host controller driver

If the Windows device manager displays an unknown device, the installation of the respective driver is necessary to use the device. In this example, we show the installation of the Intel(R) Serial IO GPIO host controller driver on a LES plus v4.

In the example, the Serial IO GPIO Host Controller driver is installed on a Thomas-Krenn LES plus v4

Analysis

The following screenshots show the analysis of the unknown device.

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  The device manager shows an unknown device' under other devices.
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  The characteristics of an unknown device are displayed after right-clicking on it.
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  In the tab driver, you can get more information by clicking on driver details.
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  The information driver data for this device is either not required or have not been loaded will be displayed there.
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  In the tab details, the device instance path is available.
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  Further information can be found in the property Hardware IDs.
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  In the tab results, you can read the following: The device "ACPI\INTC1055\2&daba3ff&0" requires further installations.
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Driver installation

It is recommended to search for the terms found on the internet (ACPI\INTC1055 in this example). This can be used to find driver download pages from the manufacturers. Make sure to only use the driver directly from the manufacturer to avoid malicious software.

The following screenshots show the installation of a driver:

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References

Author: Werner Fischer Werner Fischer, working in the Knowledge Transfer team at Thomas-Krenn, completed his studies of Computer and Media Security at FH Hagenberg in Austria. He is a regular speaker at many conferences like LinuxTag, OSMC, OSDC, LinuxCon, and author for various IT magazines. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano and training for a good result at the annual Linz marathon relay.

Translator: Alina Ranzinger Alina has been working at Thomas-Krenn.AG since 2024. After her training as multilingual business assistant, she got her job as assistant of the Product Management and is responsible for the translation of texts and for the organisation of the department.