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Constructing Linux interface software

• Kernel Drivers
  • Read the Linux Kernel Hacker's Guide
  • Do what it says
• User-Level Drivers
  • Use Linux signals, priority, and usleep(t) to implement scheduling
  • User process hardware access improves performance, particularly for special-purpose attached processors
  • XFree86 drivers or TTL_PAPERS AFAPI as examples