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Executing a Kernel Device Driver as a User Space Process

  • US 20120131375A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2010
  • Published: 05/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • 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; and

    performing, by the UDF library, an operation corresponding to the kernel API call.

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