Operating System Design (Prentice-Hall Software Series)

Comer, Douglas

ISBN 10: 0136381804 / ISBN 13: 9780136381808

Published by Prentice Hall, 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Operating System Design (Prentice-Hall Software Series)
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0136381804
• ISBN 13: 9780136381808
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

In this book Douglas Comer dispels the magic from operating system design and consolidates the body of material into a systematic discipline. The author reviews the major system components and a structure that organizes them in an orderly, understandable manner.

The author guides you through the construction of a conventional process-based system, using practical straightforward primitives. He begins with a bare machine and proceeds step-by-step through the design and implementation of a small, elegant system.

Called Xinu, the system serves as an example and a pattern for system design. It includes all the components that constitute an ordinary operating system'. memory management, process management, process coordination and synchronization, interprocess communication, real-time clock management, device drivers, intermachine communication, networks, and a file system.

To use this book you should have had experience in writing programs in a high-level language like Pascal, PL/I, or C, and you should understand basic data structures such as linked lists, stacks, and queues.

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