native applications or device drivers?

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shakuni

Joined: 11 Oct 2007
Posts: 24

shakuni

Please answer this question,do (native mode applications)==(protected mode applications)==(device drivers)?
If not,what's the difference?

24 Oct 2007, 12:51

Aux

Joined: 27 Aug 2007
Posts: 10

Aux

Native apps are NT apps. Protected mode apps are every app which run in protected mode (win32 app, native, dos apps under extender). Device drivers are a special type of native apps, but they are not apps, they are drivers Smile

29 Oct 2007, 11:06

f0dder

Joined: 19 Feb 2004
Posts: 3170
Location: Denmark

f0dder

Cross-posting the same questions to multiple forums? Smile

http://www.asmcommunity.net/board/index.php?topic=28778.0

f0dder wrote:

Device drivers run ring-0, native applications run ring-3. That also means they use a different API set (kernel api vs. native api).

29 Oct 2007, 11:56

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