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// Module included in the following assemblies:
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// * hardware_enablement/psap-special-resource-operator.adoc
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:_mod-docs-content-type: CONCEPT
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[id="about-special-resource-operator_{context}"]
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= About the Special Resource Operator
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The Special Resource Operator (SRO) helps you manage the deployment of kernel modules and drivers on an existing {product-title} cluster. The SRO can be used for a case as simple as building and loading a single kernel module, or as complex as deploying the driver, device plugin, and monitoring stack for a hardware accelerator.
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For loading kernel modules, the SRO is designed around the use of driver containers. Driver containers are increasingly being used in cloud-native environments, especially when run on pure container operating systems, to deliver hardware drivers to the host. Driver containers extend the kernel stack beyond the out-of-the-box software and hardware features of a specific kernel. Driver containers work on various container-capable Linux distributions. With driver containers, the host operating system stays clean and there is no clash between different library versions or binaries on the host.
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[NOTE]
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The functions described require a connected environment with a constant connection to the network. These functions are not available for disconnected environments.
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====
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