A new interface for implementing device drivers outside the kernel has one project saving about 5,000 lines of code. The concept of supporting user-space drivers has appeared on LWN a few times before ...

Here are the benefits and some caveats to running data-path applications in the user space. Discussed is Linux's UIO framework. Traditionally, packet-processing or data-path applications in Linux have ...

I just read an article on the O'Reilly Network about the troubles with hardware configuration with Linux and how their caused. I always wondered why each and every kernel revision broke the drivers ...

My previous article introduced you to Linux drivers and helped you get started using and writing simple user-space I/O programs. 1 In this article, I hope to familiarize you with kernel-level I/O ...

Kernel drivers are the bridge between the Linux operating system and the hardware components of a computer. They play a crucial role in managing and facilitating communication between the OS and ...