... independent of the devices attached to the SCSI cable Other classes of device drivers have been added to the kernel in recent times, including USB drivers, FireWire drivers, and I2O drivers In the ... thus, Chapter 11 , "kmod and Advanced Modularization" starts over with modularization issues, going deeper into the topic Chapter 12 , "Loading Block Drivers" then describes how block drivers are ... Figure 1- 1, into the following parts: Figure 1- 1 A split view of the kernel Process management The kernel is in charge of creating and destroying processes and handling their connection to the...