- Title
- A comparative study of the Linux and windows device driver architecture with a focus on IEEE1394 (high speed serial bus) drivers
- Creator
- Tsegaye, Melekam Asrat
- Subject
- Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
- Subject
- Linux
- Subject
- Operating systems (Computers)
- Subject
- DOS device drivers (Computer programs)
- Subject
- Linux device drivers (Computer programs)
- Date Issued
- 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- vital:4591
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004829
- Identifier
- Microsoft Windows (Computer file)
- Identifier
- Linux
- Identifier
- Operating systems (Computers)
- Identifier
- DOS device drivers (Computer programs)
- Identifier
- Linux device drivers (Computer programs)
- Description
- New hardware devices are continually being released to the public by hardware manufactures around the world. For these new devices to be usable under a PC operating system, device drivers that extend the functionality of the target operating system have to be constructed. This work examines and compares the device driver architectures currently in use by two of the most widely used operating systems, Microsoft’s Windows and Linux. The IEEE1394 (high speed serial bus) device driver stacks on each operating system are examined and compared as an example of a major device driver stack implementation, including driver requirements for the upcoming IEEE1394.1 bridging standard.
- Format
- 170 p.
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science, Computer Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Tsegaye, Melekam Asrat
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