What question did this study set out to answer?

The central aim is to explain the choice of Ada for developing device drivers in Ironclad and its implications for real-time performance.

June 19, 2026

Developing Device Drivers for Ironclad Using Ada

Key Points

The central aim is to explain the choice of Ada for developing device drivers in Ironclad and its implications for real-time performance.
Explained the rationale behind choosing Ada as the development language.
Detailed the integration of Ada in the Ironclad project.
Provided examples of device driver development using Ada.
Highlighted the benefits of Ada in ensuring formal verification of device drivers.
Demonstrated Ada's effectiveness for hard real-time system capabilities.

Abstract

Ironclad is a partially formally verified, hard real-time capable kernel for general-purpose and embedded uses, written in SPARK and Ada. This paper delves into why Ada was chosen as development language, and how Ada is used inside the project with device drivers as an example.

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