Linux Kernel Architecture
Amir Hossein Payberah
payberah@yahoo.com
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Contents
What is Kernel ?
Kernel Architecture Overview
User Space
Kernel Space
Kernel Functional Overview
File System
Process Management
Device Driver
Memory Management
Networking
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What is Kernel ?
Modules or sub-systems that
provide the operating system
functions.
The Core of OS
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Types of kernels
Micro kernel (Modular kernel)
Monolithic kernel
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Micro kernel
It includes code only necessary to
allow the system to provide major
functionality.
IPC
Some memory management
Low level process management &
scheduling
Low level input / output
Such as Amoeba, Mach and …
