ARINC SPECIFICATION 653
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.0 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................1
1.1 Purpose .........................................................................................................................1
1.2 Scope ............................................................................................................................1
1.3 APEX Phases ................................................................................................................2
1.4 ARINC Specification 653 Philosophy.............................................................................3
1.4.1 IMA Partitioning.........................................................................................................3
1.4.2 Software Decomposition...........................................................................................3
1.4.3 Goals.........................................................................................................................4
1.4.4 Expected Benefits.....................................................................................................4
1.5 Implementation Guidelines ............................................................................................5
1.5.1 Portability ..................................................................................................................6
1.5.2 Language Considerations.........................................................................................6
1.6 Document Overview ......................................................................................................6
1.7 Relationship to Other Standards....................................................................................8
1.7.1 ARTEWG/CIFO.........................................................................................................8
1.7.2 ISO/ExTRA ...............................................................................................................8
1.7.3 Ada 95.......................................................................................................................8
1.7.4 POSIX.......................................................................................................................8
1.7.5 Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0...................................................................9
1.8 Related Documents ......................................................................................................9
1.8.1 ARINC Report 651....................................................................................................9
1.8.2 ARINC Report 652....................................................................................................9
1.8.3 ARINC Report 613....................................................................................................9
1.8.4 ARINC Specification 629 ..........................................................................................9
1.8.5 ARINC Specification 659 ..........................................................................................9
1.8.6 RTCA DO-178/EUROCAE ED-12.............................................................................9
1.8.7 RTCA DO-255/EUROCAE ED 96...........................................................................10
2.0 SYSTEM OVERVIEW..................................................................................................11
2.1 System Architecture.....................................................................................................11
2.2 Hardware .....................................................................................................................12
2.3 System Functionality....................................................................................................13
2.3.1 Partition Management.............................................................................................13
2.3.1.1 Partition Attribute Definition................................................................................14
2.3.1.2 Partition Control .................................................................................................15
2.3.1.3 Partition Scheduling ...........................................................................................15
2.3.1.4 Partition Operating Modes..................................................................................16
2.3.1.4.1 Partition Modes Description...........................................................................18
2.3.1.4.1.1 COLD_START and WARM_START Considerations................................18
