Hi Manu,<br><br> Chp -02 in Linux device drivers book, has a section on user space drivers.You will find that useful.Below is the link:<br><br><a href="http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/">http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Manu Gupta <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:manugupt1@opensuse.org" target="_blank">manugupt1@opensuse.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Hi All,<br>
<br>
I have been trying to figure out the difference between user space<br>
drivers and kernel space drivers. I have a few questions<br>
1. What are user space drivers?<br>
2. How are they beneficial and when are they usually used?<br>
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Regards<br>
Manu Gupta<br>
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