Thread (4 messages) flat view 4 messages, 4 authors, 2012-07-30

Difference between user space drivers and kernel space drivers

From: ankur dwivedi <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-30 06:34:57

Hi Manu,

 Chp -02 in Linux device drivers book, has a section on user space
drivers.You will find that useful.Below is the link:

http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Manu Gupta [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi All,

I have been trying to figure out the difference between user space
drivers and kernel space drivers. I have a few questions
1. What are user space drivers?
2. How are they beneficial and when are they usually used?



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