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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Cahya Adiansyah Masputra, San Jose, CA (US);
Zeh-Chen Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wei Shen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for device driver operation in non-kernel space. In one embodiment, an apparatus configured to configured to interface to a component device driver within non-kernel space is disclosed. The exemplary embodiment restricts device drivers to fewer privileges than kernel processes, while still providing acceptable real-time performance. In another embodiment, mechanisms for non-kernel space device driver operation are described. In one exemplary embodiment, a shared memory interface between kernel space and device drivers enables e.g., a zero-copy device driver architecture.