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Towards a framework for dedicated operating systems development in high-end computing systems

Authors:

Jean-Charles Tournier,

Patrick G. Bridges,

Arthur B. MacCabe,

Patrick M. Widener,

Zaid Abudayyeh,

Ron Brightwell,

Trammel HudsonAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Volume 40, Issue 2

Pages 16 - 21

https://doi.org/10.1145/1131322.1131330

Published: 01 April 2006 Publication History

Abstract

In the context of high-end computing systems, general-purpose operating systems impose overhead on the applications they support due to unneeded services. Although dedicated operating systems overcome this issue, they are difficult to develop or adapt. In this paper, we propose a framework, based on the component programming paradigm, which supports the development and adaptation of such operating systems. This framework makes possible the a la carte construction of operating systems which provide specific high-end computing system characteristics.

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ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review Volume 40, Issue 2

April 2006

107 pages

ISSN:0163-5980

DOI:10.1145/1131322

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