A comparative study of the Linux and windows device driver architecture with a focus on IEEE1394 (high speed serial bus) drivers

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New hardware devices are continually being released to the public by hardware manufactures around the world. For these new devices to be usable under a PC operating system, device drivers that extend the functionality of the target operating system have to be constructed. This work examines and compares the device driver architectures currently in use by two of the most widely used operating systems, Microsoft’s Windows and Linux. The IEEE1394 (high speed serial bus) device driver stacks on each operating system are examined and compared as an example of a major device driver stack implementation, including driver requirements for the upcoming IEEE1394.1 bridging standard.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/55/1/Tsegaye-MSc.pdf
2. Tsegaye, M. A. (2004) A comparative study of the Linux and windows device driver architecture with a focus on IEEE1394 (high speed serial bus) drivers. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:55
Date	January 2004
Creators	Tsegaye, M. A.
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis, NonPeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf
Relation	http://eprints.ru.ac.za/55/