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Asked: 2026-05-12T19:30:39+00:00

I would like to write an IO intensive application with no underlying OS, running

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I would like to write an IO intensive application with no underlying OS, running on x86 architecture and driving any modern network interface controller.

By having a look to Linux’s drivers source code, I know that thousands lines of codes are required to drive, as an example, an Intel e1000e Gigabit controller. I think that such code is quite hard to extract from Linux source code.

Do you know any solution/project providing a way to drive a today’s computer (including its NIC), probably by wrapping Linux drivers?

Thanks a lot

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  1. Editorial Team

    You would have to write a driver, and an OS (of sorts) to manage all this. Scheduling, memory management, out of band IO, an IP stack (if you choose to go that route). Why reinvent the wheel? Get a real-time Linux distro, or grab vxworks or QNX – something purpose-built for IO intensive requirements.

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