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Chapter 4 - DSpace at Waseda University

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Here are Linux kernel’s weaknesses.<br />

� Limited develop environment.<br />

� A large number of different Linux distributions.<br />

� Is open source products can be trusted?<br />

11<br />

<strong>Chapter</strong> 2<br />

The Linux kernel is composed of two major modes as the user mode and the kernel mode.<br />

Figure 2.1 shows running the Linux kernel mode. The first is the user-space th<strong>at</strong> applic<strong>at</strong>ions<br />

are running. And a second is the kernel-space th<strong>at</strong> kernel modules and device drivers are<br />

running. The signals such as system calls, ioctl() exchange between the user-space and the<br />

kernel-space. And also the signals such as H/W interfaces or protocols exchange between<br />

hardware and kernel-space.<br />

Figure 2.1: User-space vs. kernel-space

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