Initial Evaluation of a User-Level Device Driver Framework
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Autor:
Kevin Elphinstone and Stefan Götz
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Quelle:
Proceedings of the Ninth Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference, September 7-9, 2004, Beijing, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3189, 256-269
- Datum: 07.-09.09.2004
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Abstract:
Device drivers are a significant source of system instability. In this paper, we make the case for running device drivers at user-level to improve robustness and resource management. We present a framework for running drivers at user-level whose goal is to provide similar performance when compared to in-kernel drivers. We also present initial promising performance results for the framework.
BibTex:
@InProceedings{Elphinstone04SDeviceDriverFramework,
author = {Kevin Elphinstone and Stefan G\"otz},
title = {Initial Evaluation of a User-Level Device Driver Framework},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Ninth Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference},
address = {Beijing, China},
month = sep # "~7--9",
year = 2004,
pages = {131--136},
affiliation = {University of New South Wales, Australia and University of T\"ubingen},
}