Device Drivers

  • Device Driver: Data structures/Functions which control a device
    • Each driver interacts with the kernel in a specific interface.  This is done because…
      • Encapsulation
      • Only interface needs to be known no need to share implementation
      • Kernel can access every device using the same interface
      • Module that can be dynamically (un)loaded w/o requiring reboot

 

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