Linux driver?

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w66fer2012-11-08 22:53:50

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w66fer, 2012-11-08 22:53:50

Linux driver?

In an interview test for a sysadmin job, I came across a very strange question:
What would you call "driver" in a Windows world, how would you call it on Linux?
Either I'm a shitty sysadmin, or they're very fat trolls. What is the answer? driver?

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giner, 2012-11-08
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A driver is also called a driver in Linux, and is a kernel module.

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TheMengzor, 2012-11-09
@TheMengzor

Windows - driver;
NIX - kernel module
OS X - kernel extension (kext).

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FloppyFormator, 2012-11-09
@FloppyFormator

It is strange that they did not ask about the codec and folder.