Well Process is an entity running over the kernel in user space, where as module is a service provider in the kernel which become a part of kernel and is used by user process thru system calls ...... so module does not run as a process it is used by process to perform some actions in kernel space. For e.g. device driver module in kernel are called when a device file is opened, read, write or any other action performed on device file. Cheers !! Gaurav -----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rakesh Jagota Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:35 AM To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Difference between process & kernel module Hi all, what is the difference between provcess and kernel module? As process contains text, data, bss, stack & heap, Will all this present for kernel Module also? asking silly Q? Is it possible to do like whatever we are doing inside the process, can we do the same in the kernel module. Thanks, rakesh -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
