Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Case studies
• History
• Authors
• Glossary

1. Kernel Architecture
   1. Monolithic Kernel
      1. Solaris
      2. Linux
      3. Windows 9x
   2. Microkernel
      1. GNU Hurd
      2. MINIX 3
      3. QNX
   3. Exokernel
      1. XOK
   4. Hybrid Kernel
2. Initialization
   1. Bootloader
   2. Hardware Initialization
3. Processes
   1. Interrupts
   2. Context Switching
   3. Scheduling
      1. First Come First Served
      2. Shortest Process Next
      3. Shortest Remaining Time
      4. Round Robin Scheduling
      5. Pre-Emption
      6. Priority Scheduling
   4. Concurrent Processing
      1. Deadlock
      2. Livelock
   5. Interprocess Communication
      1. Signals
      2. Semaphores
         1. Monitors
      3. Shared Memory
   6. Threads (Lightweight Processes)
   7. Fibers (Lightweight Threads)
4. Memory Management
   1. Physical Memory
   2. Segmentation
   3. Virtual Memory
      1. Paging
      2. Swapping
   4. Basics
      1. Allocation Algorithms
   5. Fault Tolerance
5. File Systems
   1. Abstractions
   2. Allocation Algorithms
      1. Performance
   3. Fault Tolerance
      1. RAID
      2. Moving Bad Blocks
      3. Journalling
   4. Case Studies
      1. File Allocation Table (FAT)
      2. BFS
      3. ext3
      4. ReiserFS
      5. HFS
      6. NTFS
      7. ZFS
6. Security
   1. Access Controls
      1. Users
      2. Resources
   2. Privileges
7. Interface
   1. Command line interfaces
   2. Graphical user interfaces
      1. Desktop environment
      2. Configuration tools
      3. User Ability

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For further reading

• Real-time operating systems
• Embedded Control Systems Design/Operating systems -- more real-time operating systems
• OSDev.org wiki: discusses creating new operating systems
• Design of Main Memory Database System
• Distributed Systems