Initial evaluation of a user-level device driver framework
Authors
NICTA, Sydney, Australia
UNSW, Australia
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 Entry
@inproceedings{Elphinstone_Goetz_04, author = {Kevin Elphinstone and Stefan G\"{o}tz}, editor = {P. Yew and J. Xue}, month = sep, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, year = {2004}, title = {Initial evaluation of a user-level device driver framework}, address = {Beijing, China}, volume = {3189}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference}, publisher = {Springer} }