Research Article
DriverGen: Automating the Generation of Serial Device Drivers
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-47075-7_37, author={Jiannan Zhai and Yuheng Du and Shiree Hughes and Jason Hallstrom}, title={DriverGen: Automating the Generation of Serial Device Drivers}, proceedings={Internet of Things. IoT Infrastructures. Second International Summit, IoT 360° 2015, Rome, Italy, October 27-29, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, Part II}, proceedings_a={IOT360}, year={2017}, month={6}, keywords={}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-47075-7_37} }- Jiannan Zhai
Yuheng Du
Shiree Hughes
Jason Hallstrom
Year: 2017
DriverGen: Automating the Generation of Serial Device Drivers
IOT360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47075-7_37
Abstract
Microprocessors operate most serial devices in the same way, issuing commands and parsing corresponding responses. Writing the device drivers for these peripherals is a repetitive task. Moreover, measuring the response time of each command can be time-consuming and error prone. In this paper, we present DriverGen, a configuration-based tool developed to provide accurate response time measurement and automated serial device driver generation. DriverGen (i) simulates the command execution sequence of a microprocessor using a Java program running on a desktop, (ii) measures the response time of the target device to each command, and (iii) generates a device driver based on the received responses and measured response times. To evaluate DriverGen, three case studies are considered.