TheMachSystemAbrahamSilberschatz,PeterBaerGalvin,.pptVIP

The Mach System Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin, Greg Gagne Presentation By: Agnimitra Roy Agenda Microkernel – What is it? What is Mach? Design Goals Mach Primitives (2 slides) Key Mach Characteristics Support for Higher Level OS Functionality Process Management Inter-process Communication (3 slides) Memory Management (2 slides) Access by Applications System Calls Summary Microkernel – What is it? Highly modular collection of OS-neutral abstractions Modularity enables scalability, extensibility, and portability not typically found in monolithic or conventional operating systems Mo