Run-time updating of network device drivers

Hiroyuki Tanaka; Yoshinari Nomura; Hideo Taniguchi

doi:10.1109/NBiS.2009.53

Run-time updating of network device drivers

Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yoshinari Nomura, Hideo Taniguchi

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Abstract

Recent operating systems are capable of using dynamic loadable module functions to update the device driver programs without shutting down the entire system. However, even if a system continues to operate, some services provided by the device driver will be temporarily unavailable during the run-time update. To reduce the period during which the services are unavailable, we propose a new method for run-time updating of device drivers; this method uses context migration from an old driver to an updated one. In this study, we describe the implementation of a network-device driver using our method. In addition, we have shown some advantages of our method by performing a trial on the FreeBSD operating system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems
Pages	446-450
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/NBiS.2009.53
Publication status	Published - Dec 1 2009
Event	NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems - Indianapolis, IN, United States Duration: Aug 19 2009 → Aug 21 2009

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Name	NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems

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Other	NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	Indianapolis, IN
Period	8/19/09 → 8/21/09

Keywords

Device driver
Network
Operating system

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems

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Run-time updating of network device drivers. / Tanaka, Hiroyuki; Nomura, Yoshinari ; Taniguchi, Hideo.
NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems. 2009. p. 446-450 5349966 (NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tanaka, H, Nomura, Y & Taniguchi, H 2009, Run-time updating of network device drivers. in NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems., 5349966, NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, pp. 446-450, NBiS 2009 - 12th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems, Indianapolis, IN, United States, 8/19/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/NBiS.2009.53

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