user space device drivers

[Pietro Paolini]

On May 13, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Gergely Buday <gbuday at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
> 
> I learned, e.g. from here that user space device drivers are indeed possible:
> 
> http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/chp-2-sect-9
> 
> Are there serious user space drivers in Linux? Could you name a few?
> 
> Or, is this just for hacking a driver for your home-made hardware?
> 
> - Gergely
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Some are suggested in the ldd3 link, for example SANE (scsi scanner devices).

http://www.sane-project.org/source.html

You can find sources there.

 - Pietro