GNU Hurd Is Enjoying User-Space Device Drivers

Posted by Ridcully on Feb 12, 2014 9:50 AM EDT
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In the name of freedom, GNU Hurd has the ability to run device drivers from user-space via the project's DDE layer. DDE is an interesting feature and does allow for some interesting possibilities although conventional wisdom advises against accessing and controlling your GPU, network, and disk drivers, along with other components, from user-space.

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