Peter Chubb has long been working on a project to move device drivers into user space. Getting drivers out of the kernel, he points out, would have a number of benefits. Faults in drivers (the source ...

The software-interrupt mechanism is one of the oldest parts in the kernel; arguably, the basic design behind it predates Linux itself. Software interrupts can get in the way of other work so, for ...

Smartphones have plenty of great capabilities, allowing users to multitask like never before. This is excellent for a consumer, but for the tester it means coming up with new ways of testing. For ...