Device Drivers lab exercise – COSC562

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37 points | by azhenley 11 hours ago ago

5 comments

  • vivzkestrel 2 hours ago ago

    stupid question once again

    - as a guy who knows a little c++ and absolutely nothing about kernels and drivers

    - what are some top tier guides you recommend that explains how drivers are made, how low level programming is done and more importantly the why behind many many assumptions

  • brcmthrowaway 10 hours ago ago

    Why is this here?

    • gkhartman 2 hours ago ago

      I found it interesting, and a nice break from yet another llm related post. Why would it be out of place here?

    • em3rgent0rdr 3 hours ago ago

      Writing device drivers isn't sexy like TheLatestFramework™ but are an important part of computing.

    • rvz 8 hours ago ago

      Because the lab tutorials are using Rust and the device drivers are "Written in Rust™" which is trendy in 2026.

      This is the only explanation, but clearly almost no-one is interested in writing their own device drivers in 2026 after more than 5 hours of this post with less than 10 comments.