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Executing a kernel device driver as a user space process

US9619308B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Michael Adda · Dimona, IL
Dan Aloni · Nesher, IL
Avner Braverman · Nes Ziona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 23, 2016
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/4282
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, including receiving, by a user space driver framework (UDF) library executing from a user space of a memory over a monolithic operating system kernel, a kernel application programming interface (API) call from a device driver executing from the user space. The UDF library then performs an operation corresponding to the kernel API call.

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