- Title
- A comparison of the Linux and Windows device driver architectures
- Creator
- Tsegaye, Melekam
- Creator
- Foss, Richard
- Date Issued
- 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/427198
- Identifier
- vital:72421
- Identifier
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/991130.991132
- Description
- In this paper the device driver architectures currently used by two of the most popular operating systems, Linux and Microsoft's Windows, are examined. Driver components required when implementing device drivers for each operating system are presented and compared. The process of implementing a driver, for each operating system, that performs I/O to a kernel buffer is also presented. The paper concludes by examining the device driver development environments and facilities provided to developers by each operating system.
- Format
- 26 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review
- Relation
- Tsegaye, M. and Foss, R., 2004. A comparison of the Linux and Windows device driver architectures. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, 38(2), pp.8-33
- Relation
- ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review volume 38 number 2 8 33 2004 Journal
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
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