kernel/user mode

rohit · 07-02-2002, 05:30 AM

can any one please let me know the difference between a module running in kernel mode and the normal user mode.

what and what can not be achieved if we run the program/module in kernel/normal mode(s)

best regards
rohit

starX · 07-03-2002, 10:37 PM

Refferencing Linux Device Druvers (Rubini & Corbet, Oreilly, 2001) page 45:

Quote:

The advantages of user-space drivers can be surmised as follows:

* The full C Library can be linked in. the driver can perform many exotic tasks without resorting to other programs...

* The programmer can run a conventional debugger on the driver code without having to go through the contortions to debug a running kernel.

* If a user-space driver hangs, you can simply kill it...

*User memory is swappable, unlike kernel memory...

*A well-designed driver program can still allow concurrent access to the device.

Hope this helps,

starX
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07-02-2002, 05:30 AM	#1
rohit Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 69	kernel/user mode can any one please let me know the difference between a module running in kernel mode and the normal user mode. what and what can not be achieved if we run the program/module in kernel/normal mode(s) best regards rohit
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