Title :
The Nucleus-microkernel for the RHODOS distributed operating system
Author :
Toomey, Warren ; Goscinski, Andrzej ; Gerrity, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
New architectural approaches are required in the design of distributed operating systems, to meet the requirements of openness and high performance. One approach is to build the distributed operating system as a set of independent system servers, cooperating through a small set of primitive operations provided by a microkernel. The Nucleus is the microkernel of the RHODOS system. It is explained why a microkernel-based design was chosen. The features and advantages of the system are reported, and the Nucleus data structures and other services provided to facilitate the microkernel abstraction are described
Keywords :
data structures; distributed processing; network operating systems; Nucleus; RHODOS system; architecture; data structures; distributed operating systems; microkernel abstraction; system servers; Australia Council; Computer architecture; Computer peripherals; Computer science; Data structures; Educational institutions; Memory management; Operating systems; Protection; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
TENCON '92. ''Technology Enabling Tomorrow : Computers, Communications and Automation towards the 21st Century.' 1992 IEEE Region 10 International Conference.
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0849-2
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.1992.271949
