Principles of Operating Systems: Design and Applications

1. Introduction to Operating Systems. 2. Some Example Operating Systems. 3. Inferno Structure and Initialization. 4. Linux Structure and Initialization. 5. Principles of Process Management. 6. Some Examples of Process Management. 7. Process Management in Inferno. 8. Process Management in Linux. 9. Principles of Memory Management. 10. Some Examples of Memory Management. 11. Memory Management in Inferno. 12. Memory Management in Linux. 13. Principles of I/O Device Management. 14. Some examples of I/O Device Management. 15. I/O Devices in Inferno. 16. I/O Devices in Linux. 17. Principles of File Systems. 18. Some Examples of File Systems. 19. File Systems in Inferno. 20. File Systems in Linux. 21. Principles of Operating System Security. 22. Principles of Distributed Systems. Appendices: A. Compiling Hosted Inferno. B. Compiling Native Inferno. Suggested Readings.