Driver wrapper

<h2 id="windows-driver-wrappers-for-linux">Windows driver wrappers for Linux</h2>
<p>Several open-source software projects allow using <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> drivers under another operating system, such as <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>.
</p><p>Examples include network drivers for wireless cards (such as <a href="/facts/NDISwrapper/l3oMSPcQ">NDISwrapper</a> for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> or <a href="/facts/Project_Evil/l3oMSPcQ">Project Evil</a> for <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>) and the <a href="/facts/NTFS/dryNM3BK">NTFS</a> <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file system</a> (see <a href="/facts/Captive_NTFS/8B3jTsKM">Captive NTFS</a>).
</p><p>The common thread among these examples is the use of <i>wrapper</i> technology, which allows execution of the drivers in a foreign environment.
Limitations for driver wrappers include inability to function at real time. An example of this limitation includes latency problems as those associated with attempts to make compatible with <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> the ZoomR16 audio DAW sound recorder and control surface.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

Look up <i>wrapper</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Compatibility_layer/UU3le7BV">Compatibility layer</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wrapper_function/nyy4XUdb">Wrapper function</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Wrapper_library/b61otW6r">Wrapper library</a></li></ul>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>https://www.ijert.org/research/device-driver-wrapper-IJERTV2IS60707.pdf Retrieved December 17th, 2024 <a href="https://www.ijert.org/research/device-driver-wrapper-IJERTV2IS60707.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ijert.org/research/device-driver-wrapper-IJERTV2IS60707.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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