What are the basic kinds of device drivers? What are the differences between them?

What will be an ideal response?


There are two basic kinds of device drivers:
• Kernel modules: The functionality of the Linux kernel can be extended by adding kernel modules. They allow the kernel to provide access to hardware and can be loaded or removed at runtime.
• User space drivers: Some hardware needs additional drivers that work in user space. Examples of this kind of hardware include printers or scanners.

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a. _parent b. _self c. _top d. _blank

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