Does python have the capability for driver development ?

Nick Craig-Wood nick at craig-wood.com
Wed Jul 29 18:29:56 EDT 2009


Diez B. Roggisch <deets at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>  MalC0de schrieb:
> > hello there, I've a question :
> > I want to know does python have any capability for using Ring0 and
> > kernel functions for driver and device development stuff .
> > if there's such a feature it is very good, and if there something for
> > this kind that you know please refer me to some reference and show me
> > some snippet .
> 
>  No, it can't do such things. At least it isn't embedded in the kernel - 
>  in theory that might be possible, but given the timing-constraints and 
>  concurrency-requirements, it's not really feasible.

You can write FUSE (file systems in userspace) drivers in python I believe.
Not the same as running in ring0 but in most senses a kernel driver...

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