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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.
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Elphinstone, K., Götz, S. (2004). Initial Evaluation of a User-Level Device Driver Framework. In: Yew, PC., Xue, J. (eds) Advances in Computer Systems Architecture. ACSAC 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3189. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30102-8_21
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