Executing a kernel device driver as a user space process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8806511
APP PUB NO 20120131375A1
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12949132

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A method, including 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. The UDF library then performs an operation corresponding to the kernel API call.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Adda, Michael Dimona, IL 26 396
Aloni, Dan Rishon Le-Zion, IL 12 73
Braverman, Avner Tel Aviv, IL 29 142

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