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What does Linux GKI stand for?

What do they refer to with GKI here? What does it abbreviate?

Solution

  • It seems to stand for General Kernel Interface, not that it is much useful as itself.

    For example:

    The libnfc-nci implementation uses a reliable mechanism of queues and message passing named General Kernel Interface (GKI) to easily communicate between layers and modules: Each task is isolated, owning a buffer (or inbox) where messages are queued and processed on arrival. This mechanism is used to send messages from the DH to the NFCC chip, and vice versa.

    (Radio Frequency Identification: 11th International Workshop, RFIDsec 2015)