Mach: a system software kernel

Author

Rashid, R. ; Julin, D. ; Orr, D. ; Sanzi, R. ; Baron, R. ; Forin, A. ; Golub, D. ; Jones, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989

Firstpage

176

Lastpage

178

Abstract

The Mach operating system can be used as a system software kernel which can support a variety of operating system environments. Key elements of the Mach design which allow it to efficiently support system software include integrated virtual memory management and interprocess communication, multiple threads of control within on address space, support for transparent system trap callout, and an object programming facility integrated with the Mach IPC mechanisms.<>

Keywords

object-oriented programming; operating systems (computers); parallel processing; virtual storage; Mach IPC mechanisms; Mach operating system; address space; integrated virtual memory management; interprocess communication; multiple threads of control; object programming facility; system software kernel; transparent system trap callout; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Control systems; Kernel; Memory architecture; Memory management; Operating systems; Space technology; System software; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1909-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301923

Filename

301923