COLIBROS: Educational operating system
Author(s) -
Predrag Rakić,
Žarko Živanov,
Miroslav Hajduković
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
computer science and information systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.244
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2406-1018
pISSN - 1820-0214
DOI - 10.2298/csis070521022r
Subject(s) - computer science , operating system , interrupt , debugging , user space , emulation , file system , address space , concurrency , kernel (algebra) , embedded operating system , embedded system , linux kernel , process (computing) , synchronization (alternating current) , software , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , mathematics , microcontroller , combinatorics , economics , economic growth
This paper gives an overview of educational operating system called COLIBROS. It is small, object oriented, library operating system, based on micro-kernel concepts, supporting high level concurrency and synchronization primitives. In fact, COLIBROS is simplified operating system kernel accompanied with hardware emulation layer that emulates keyboard, monitor, disk and interrupt mechanism. A concurrent COLIBROS program behaves like stand alone program executing in emulated environment, in our case as plain GNU/Linux process. Encapsulating all critical concepts in host operating system user space makes COLIBROS development and debugging easier and more user friendly.
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