INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS

What is an Operating System?

An operating system is a program that manages the computer hardware, and acts as an
intermediary between the computer user and the computer hardware. It also provides a basis for
application programs.
WHAT OPERATING SYSTEMS DO
1. Acts like a Resource Allocator
2. Process Manager
3. Storage Management
4. Memory Management
5. Security and Privacy
6. Provides an interface

An Abstract view of the components of a computer system

The operating system's role in the overall computer system is studied, by considering a computer
system which can be divided roughly into four components: the hardware, the operating system,
the application programs, and the users.

 Hardware provides basic computing resources such as CPU, memory, I/O devices
  System & Application programs define the ways in which the system resources are used to
solve the computing problems of the users / systems. Word processors, compilers, web
browsers, database systems, video games.
 Operating system controls and coordinates use of hardware among various applications
and users
 Users: People, machines, other computers.

VIEWS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS

********Explain different views of operating systems.
There are two viewpoints of Operating system
1. User view
2. System View

User View of computer system varies according to the interface being used.
 PC: In this system the operating system is designed mostly for ease of use.
 Mainframe or Minicomputer: Operating system is designed to maximize resource
utilization.
 Workstation: Operating system is designed to compromise between individual usability and
resource utilization.
 Handheld devices: Their operating systems are designed mostly for individual usability, but
performance per amount of battery life is important as well.
 Embedded computers in home devices and automobiles: their operating systems are
designed primarily to run without user intervention.
System View: From the computer's point of view, the operating system is the program most intimately
involved with the hardware. In this context, we can view an operating system as a
i. Resource allocator:
a) Manages all resources
b) Decides between conflicting requests for efficient and fair resource use
ii. Control program:
a) Control the various I/O devices and user programs.
b) Controls execution of programs to prevent errors and improper use of the computer
DEFINING OPERATING SYSTEMS
• The common functions of controlling and allocating resources are brought together in one
piece of software called Operating System
• ―The one program running at all times on the computer‖ is the kernel. Everything else is
either a system program (ships with the operating system) or an application program.
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COMPUTER-SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
1. Computer-system operation
a. One or more CPUs, device controllers connect through common bus providing
access to shared memory.
b. Concurrent execution of CPUs and devices competing for memory cycles.

Bootstrap program: For a computer to start running—for instance, when it is powered up or

rebooted—it needs to have an initial program to run. This initial program, or bootstrap program,
tends to be simple.
 Typically, it is stored in read-only memory (ROM) or electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory (EEPROM), known by the general term firmware, within the computer
hardware.
 It initializes all aspects of the system (CPU registers, Device Controllers, memory contents)
 Loads operating system kernel and starts execution.
 The operating system then starts executing the first process, such as "init," and waits for
some event to occur.
 The occurrence of an event is usually signaled by an interrupt from either the hardware
or the software.

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Interrupt
 The occurrence of event is signaled by interrupt from either hardware(signal to CPU) or
software (system call)
 Interrupt transfers control to the interrupt service routine generally, through the interrupt
vector, which contains the addresses of all the service routines.
 Interrupt architecture must save the address of the interrupted instruction.
 Incoming interrupts are disabled while another interrupt is being processed to prevent a
lost interrupt.
 A trap is a software-generated interrupt caused either by an error or a user request.
 An operating system is interrupt driven.
 After the interrupt is serviced, the saved return address is loaded into the program
counter, and the interrupted computation resumes as though the interrupt is not occurred.

2. Storage Structure:
 Main Memory:
Computer programs must be in main memory (also called random-access memory orRAM)
to be executed. Main memory is the only large storage area (millions to billions of bytes) that
the processor can access directly. It commonly is implemented in a semiconductor technology
called Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM). Other memory devices are

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ROM, EEPROM etc. Load and store instructions are used to read and write data/instructions
between memory & processor.
Secondary storage
 Extension of main memory that provides large nonvolatile storage capacity.
• Magnetic disks
 Rigid metal or glass platters covered with magnetic recording material
 Disk surface is logically divided into tracks, which are subdivided into sectors.
 The disk controller determines the logical interaction between the device and the
computer.
Other storages include cache, CD-ROM, magnetic tapes and so on. The main differences among
the storage systems lie in speed, cost, size and volatility. The storage system can be organized in
a hierarchy according to speed and cost. Higher levels are expensive but they are fast. Down in the
hierarchy cost decreases and the access time increases.
Explain storage device hierarchy, with neat diagram.

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The wide variety of storage systems in a computer system can be organized in a hierarchy as shown
above, is according to speed and cost. The higher levels are expensive, but they are fast. As we
move down the hierarchy, the cost per bit generally decreases, whereas the access time generally
increases.
CACHING
• Information in use copied from slower to faster storage device temporarily
• Faster storage (cache) checked first to determine if information is there in main memory
– If it is, information used directly from the cache (fast)
– If not, data copied to cache and used there.
I/O STRUCTURE
n Device controller transfers blocks of data from buffer storage directly to main memory without CPU
intervention
n Only one interrupt is generated per block, rather than the one interrupt per byte

Figure of how a modern computer system works

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COMPUTER-SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
A computer system may be organized in a number of different ways, which we can categorize
roughly according to the number of general-purpose processors used.
 Single processor systems
 Multiprocessor system
 Clustered system
SINGLE-PROCESSOR SYSTEM
 One main CPU capable of executing a general-purpose instruction set, including
instructions from user processes.
 All systems have special purpose processors. i.e device specific processors such as disk,
keyboard, and graphics controller
 Mainframes- general purpose processors such as I/O processors
 Run limited set of instruction does not run user processes.
 Use of special purpose processor does not turn a single processor system into
multiprocessor system
MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEMS
 Also known as parallel systems or tightly coupled systems
 Two or more processors in close communication sharing the computer bus and
sometimes the clock, memory and peripheral devices
***List the three main advantages of multi-processor systems
Advantages
1. Increased throughput: By increasing the number of processors, we expect to get more work
done in less time
2. Economy of scale: Multiprocessor systems can cost less than equivalent multiple single-
processor systems.
3. Increased reliability: If functions can be distributed properly among several processors, then
the failure of one processor will not halt the system, only slow it down.

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Define the following terms

i. Graceful degradation
ii. Fault tolerant systems
Graceful degradation:
The ability of computer system to continue providing service proportional to the level of
surviving hardware is called graceful degradation.
It is the ability of a computer, to maintain limited functionality even when a large portion of its
component has been destroyed or rendered inoperative.
Fault tolerance in computer system:
Fault tolerance is the way in which an operating system (OS) responds to a hardware or
software failure. The term essentially refers to a system's ability to allow for failures or
malfunctions, and this ability may be provided by software, hardware or a combination of both.
Explain the types of multiprocessor system
Two types of Multi-processor systems
i. Asymmetric multi-processing system
ii. Symmetric multi-processing system
Asymmetric multi-processing system:
 In this system each processor is assigned a specific task.
 A master processor controls the system; and other processors either look to the master for
instruction or have predefined tasks
 It defines master-slave relationship
Symmetric multi-processing system:
 In this system each processor performs all tasks within the operating system.
 No master-slave relationship exists between processors.

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CLUSTERED SYSTEMS
****Explain the types of clustered system
 Clustered system gather together multiple CPUs to accomplish computational work
 Clustered systems are composed of two or more individual systems or nodes joined
together.
 Clustered system share storage and are closely linked via local area network.
 Clustering provide high availability.
Types of clustering systems
i. Asymmetric clustering
ii. Symmetric clustering
Asymmetric clustering
 One machine is in hot-standby mode while other is running the applications.
 The hot standby host machine does nothing but monitor the active server.
 If server fails, the hot standby host machine becomes the active server.
Symmetric clustering
 Two or more hosts are running applications and are monitoring each other.
 This mode of system is more efficient, as it uses all of the available hardware.

 Some clusters are for high-performance computing (HPC)

 Applications must be written to use parallelization
 Some have distributed lock manager (DLM) to avoid conflicting operations

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OPERATING-SYSTEM STRUCTURE
The various types of general purpose OS is
1. Batch Systems
1. Multiprogramming
2. Time sharing or Multitasking
Define the essential features of Batch operating system (Batch file system)
BATCH SYSTEM
 The user of batch OS do not interact with the computer directly.
 Each user prepares his job on an off-line device like punch cards and submits it to the
computer operator
 At some later time (after minutes, hours or days) the output is generated.
 To speed up processing, jobs with similar needs are batched together and run as a group
 As several jobs are given to computer system and unless it completes the first job it is not
possible to process the next job. Therefore it is an in-efficient OS. Also the CPU is often
idle because the speed of the mechanical I/O devices.
Define the essential features of Multiprogramming operating system
MULTIPROGRAMMING
 Multiprogramming increases CPU utilization by organizing jobs (code and data) so that the CPU
always has one to execute. 
 OS keeps several jobs in memory simultaneously.
 One job selected and run via job scheduling
 In a multi-programmed system, the operating system simply switches to, and executes,
another job. When that job needs to wait, the CPU is switched to another job, and so on.
 As long as at least one job needs to execute, the CPU is never idle.
 Multiprogramming provides an environment in which various system resources are
utilized effectively but they do not provide user interaction with the computer system.

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TIME SHARING OR MULTITASKING

Define the essential features of Time sharing operating system
 In time-sharing systems, the CPU executes multiple jobs by switching among them, but
the switches occur so frequently that the users can interact with each program while it is
running.
 The user gives instructions to the operating system or to a program directly, using a input
device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and waits for immediate results on an output device.
Accordingly, the response time should be short—typically less than one second.
 A time-shared operating system allows many users to share the computer simultaneously.
 A time-shared operating system uses CPU scheduling.

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****Differentiate between Multi-programming, Multi-tasking (Time sharing) and Multi-

processing system
S. No Multiprogramming Multitasking Multiprocessing
1 Multiprogramming isthe Multitasking is the ability of an Multiprocessing is the ability
ability of an operating operating system to execute of an operating system to
system to execute more more than one task execute more than one
than one program on a simultaneously on a single process simultaneously on a
single processor machine processor machine based on multi processor machine by
based on context time sharing. having more than one
switching. physical processor.

2 Multiple programs It enables execution ofmultiple It utilizes multiple CPUs for

reside in the main tasks and processesat the same process allocation
memory simultaneously time to increase CPU
to improve CPU performance.
utilization so that CPU
does not sit idle for a
long time.
3 The main idea is to keep The idea is to allow multiple The idea is to allow multiple
the CPU busy as long as processes to run processes to run
there are processes simultaneously via time simultaneously via multiple
ready to execute. sharing processors.
4 They do not provide It allows many users to share It provides user interaction
user interaction with the the computer simultaneously with the system
computer system

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OPERATING SYSTEM OPERATIONS

Modern Operating system is interrupt driven. Events are always signaled by the occurrence of an
interrupt or trap. A trap is a software generated interrupt caused either by error (Division by zero,
invalid memory access) or request from a user program that an OS service be performed. For each
type of interrupt, separate segments of code in the OS determine what action should be taken. The
Interrupt Service Routine (ISR) is provided that is responsible for dealing with interrupt.
DUAL MODE OPERATION OF OPERATING SYSTEM
*****Explain the operation of operating system
*****With neat diagram explain the Dual mode operation of operating system
In order to differentiate between the execution of OS code and user defined code, most of the
computers provide hardware support by executing these codes in two separate modes
1. User Mode
2. Kernel or Supervisor or Privileged or System mode

A mode bit is added to the computer hardware to indicate the current mode; ie: mode bit = 0 for
kernel mode and 1 for user mode.
Working Principle:
 At system Boot time, the hardware starts in kernel mode
 The OS is then loaded and starts user application in user mode
 Whenever a trap or interrupt occurs, the hardware switches from user mode to kernel
mode

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 The system always switches to user mode (setting mode bit = 1), before passing control
to user program
 Dual mode operation protects OS from errant users and errant user from one another
 Privileged instruction is executed only in kernel mode
 If an attempt is made to execute privileged instruction in user mode, the hardware treats it
as illegal and traps it to the OS
 A system calls are called by user program to ask the OS to perform the tasks on behalf of
the user program.
TIMER

PROCESS MANAGEMENT
A process is a program in execution. It is a unit of work within the system. Program is a passive
entity, process is an active entity. Process needs resources to accomplish its task like CPU, memory,
I/O, files. Process termination requires reclaim of any reusable resources. Single- threaded process
has one program counter specifying location of next instruction to execute. Process executes
instructions sequentially, one at a time, until completion. Multi-threaded process has one program
counter per thread. Typically system has many processes, some user, some operating system
running concurrently on one or more CPUs. All processes can execute concurrently by
multiplexing the single CPUs.
*****What are the operating System activities connected with Process management
1. Creating and deleting both user and system processes
2. Suspending and resuming processes
3. Providing mechanisms for process synchronization
4. Providing mechanisms for process communication
5. Providing mechanisms for deadlock handling

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MEMORY MANAGEMENT

*****What are the operating System activities connected with Memory management
Memory management activities
1. Keeping track of which parts of memory are currently being used and by whom
2. Deciding which processes (or parts thereof) and data to move into and out of memory
3. Allocating and de-allocating memory space as needed
STORAGE MANAGEMENT
1. Storage management
2. Mass-Storage management
3. Caching
FILE MANAGEMENT

*****What are the operating System activities connected with File management
OS activities include
1. Creating and deleting files and directories
2. Supporting Primitives to manipulate files and directories

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3. Mapping files onto secondary storage

4. Backup files onto stable (non-volatile) storage media
MASS-STORAGE MANAGEMENT

*****What are the operating System activities connected with Mass storage management
OS activities
1. Free-space management
2. Storage allocation
3. Disk scheduling
CACHING

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DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
**List the essential properties of Distributed OS

SPECIAL PURPOSE OPERATING SYSTEMS

These are the systems whose functions are limited and whose objective is to deal with limited
computation.
1. Real-time Embedded System
2. Multimedia systems
3. Handheld systems
REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEM (Real Time OS)
***List the essential features of Real time OS
 RTOS tend to have specific task(monitoring and managing other devices)
 RTOS provide little or no user interface
 Real time OS has well-defined fixed time constraints. Processing must be done within the
defined constraints, or the system will fail.
 It is often used as control device in dedicated application.
Embedded systems are most prevalent form of computers

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Embedded system varies as

 General purpose system running standard OS
 Hardware devices with special purpose OS
The use of embedded devices continues to expand. Embedded system always run on real-time
operating systems.

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OPERATING-SYSTEM SERVICES
An operating system provides an environment for the execution of programs. It provides certain
services to programs and to the users of those programs.
*********List and explain the services provided by OS for the user and efficient operation
of system.
Services provided by the OS that are helpful to the user:
1. User Interface: Almost all operating systems have a user interface (UI), such as
Command-Line (CLI) uses text commands, Graphics User Interface (GUI) is window
system, Batch Interface uses commands and directives.
2. Program execution: The system must be able to load a program into memory and to run
that program, end execution, either normally or abnormally (indicating error)
3. I/O operations: A running program may require I/O, which may involve a file or an I/O
device.
4. File-system manipulation: The file system is of particular interest. Obviously, programs
need to read and write files and directories, create and delete them, search them, list file
Information, permission management.
5. Communications: Processes may exchange information, on the same computer or
between computers over a network. Communications may be via shared memory or
through message passing (packets moved by the OS)
6. Error detection – OS needs to be constantly aware of possible errors. Errors may occur in
CPU and memory, in I/O devices and in user program.
Services provided by the OS that are helpful to the efficient operation of system.
1. Resource allocation - When multiple users or multiple jobs running concurrently,
resources must be allocated to each of them

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2. Accounting - To keep track of which users use how much and what kinds of computer
resources
3. Protection and security – When several separate processes execute concurrently, it should
not be possible for one process to interfere with the others or with the OS itself. Protection
involves ensuring that all access to system resources is controlled. Securityof the system
from outsiders requires user authentication, extends to defending external I/O devices from
invalid access attempts
COMMAND-LINE INTERFACE OR COMMAND INTERPRETER
CLI allows direct command entry
 Sometimes implemented in kernel, sometimes by systems program
 Sometimes multiple flavors implemented – shells
 Primarily fetches a command from user and executes it
 Sometimes commands built-in, sometimes just names of programs
GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
• User-friendly desktop metaphor interface
– Usually mouse, keyboard, and monitor
– Icons represent files, programs, actions, etc
– Various mouse buttons over objects in the interface cause various actions (provide
information, options, execute function, open directory (known as a folder)
• Many systems now include both CLI and GUI interfaces
– Microsoft Windows is GUI with CLI ―command‖ shell
– Solaris is CLI with optional GUI interfaces (Java Desktop, KDE)

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SYSTEM CALLS

*****What are System calls? Explain the types of system call.

System calls provides an interface between a process and operating system to allow user-level
processes to request services of the operating system.
There are 5 different types of system calls:
1. Process control System call
2. File management
3. Device management
4. Information maintenance
5. Communication.
Process control System calls are used:
 End , abort
 Load, Execute
 Create process, terminate process
 get process attributes, set process attributes
 Wait for time
 Wait event, signal event
 Acquire lock and release lock

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Common system calls dealing with file management are

 Create file, delete file
 Open, close
 Read, write, reposition
 get file attributes(file name, file type, protection codes, accounting information), set file
attributes
 Move and copy(API, system programs)
Common system calls dealing with Device management are
 Request device, release device
 Read, write, reposition
 Get device attributes, set device attributes
 Logically attach or detach devices
Common system calls dealing with Information maintenance are
 get time or date, set time or date
 get system data ,set system data
 get process, file and device attributes
 set process, file and device attributes
Common system calls dealing with Communication are
 Create, delete communication connection
 Send, receive messages
 Transfer status information
 Attach or detach remote devices
Two modes of communication: 1. Message passing model 2. Shared memory model

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Write the system call sequence to copy a file from source to destination

With example explain how system call handles user applications

Let us consider an example, a C program invokes the printf () statement. The C library intercepts
this call and invokes the necessary system call in the operating system, in this instance, the write
() system call. The C library takes the value returned by write () and passes it back to the user
program. This is shown in below figure.

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SYSTEM PROGRAM
***What are the different categories of system program
Six categories of system program are:
1. File management: These programs manipulate files. Create, delete, copy, rename, print,
dump, list etc
2. Status information: Some programs ask the system for Date(time), amount of memory,
number of users etc.
3. File modification: text editors can be used to create and modify the content of files stored
on the disk.
4. Programming Language support: Compilers, assemblers and interpreters for common
programming languages are provided to the user
5. Program loading and Execution: the system may provide absolute loader, re-locatable
loaders, linkage editors, overlay loaders, Debugger etc.
6. Communications: These programs are used for creating virtual connections between
processes, users and computer systems. They allow user to browse web pages, send email
or log-in remotely
OPERATING SYSTEM DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Affected by choice of hardware, type of system-batch system, time shared system
User goals and System goals
User goals – operating system should be convenient to use, easy to learn, reliable, safe, and fast
System goals – operating system should be easy to design, implement, and maintain, as well as
flexible, reliable, error-free, and efficient. The wide variety of systems in existence shows
different requirements can result in variety of solutions for different environments.
 Specifying and designing an OS is a highly creative task.
 Software engineering provide general principles.
MECHANISM AND POILCIES
One important principle is the separation of policy and mechanism.
 Policy: What will be done?
 Mechanism: How to do it?

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Is separation of mechanism and policy desirable while designing an operating system?

Discuss with an example.
The separation of mechanism and policy is important for flexibility. Policies are likely to change
across places or time. A general mechanism insensitive to changes in policy would be more
desirable. A change in policy would then require redefinition of only certain parameters of the
system. Thus mechanisms determine how to do something and policies decide what will be done.
Example: Timer construct.
Mechanism: CPU protection
Policy: How long the timer is to be set for particular user.
 Timer to prevent infinite loop / process hogging resources
 Before turning over control to the user, the operating system ensures that the timer
is set to interrupt.
 Set interrupt after specific period
 Operating system decrements counter
 When counter zero generate an interrupt
 Set up before scheduling process to regain control or terminate program
that exceeds allotted time.

IMPLEMENTATION
Once an OS is designed it must be implemented. Traditionally OS is implemented in assembly
language and now it is written in c or c++ .
Example: MS-DOS written in intel 8088 assembly language. Linux OS written in C is available
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OPERATING SYSTEM STRUCTURE

Modern operating system is designed so as to function properly and be modified easily. Common
approach is to partition the task into small components rather than having one monolithic system.
The various structures of operating systems are:
1. Simple structured OS
2. Layered Approach
3. Micro-kernels
4. Modules
SIMPLE STRUCTURED OS
Explain the simple structured operating system with neat diagram
 These OS are simple, small and limited systems
 MS-DOS and UNIX is the examples for simple OS
 MS-DOS which is written to provide the most functionality in the least space
Disadvantages:
 It was not divided into modules carefully
 The interfaces and levels of functionality are not well separated

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Explain the simple structured UNIX-operating system with neat diagram

UNIX OS has two parts:
1. Kernel and
2. System programs.
 The kernel is further separated into a series of interfaces and device drivers.
 Everything below the system-call interface and above the physical hardware is the
kernel.
 The kernel provides following functions through system calls:
→ file system
→ CPU scheduling and
→ Memory management.
Disadvantage:
 Difficult to enhance, as changes in one section badly affects other areas.

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LAYERED APPROACH
Explain the advantages of layered approach OS with neat diagram

 The OS is divided into a number of layers.

 Each layer is built on the top of another layer.
 The bottom layer is the hardware.
o The highest is the user interface
 A layer is an implementation of an abstract-object.
o i.e. The object is made up of
 data and
 operations that can manipulate the data.
 The layer consists of a set of routines that can be invoked by higher-layers.
Higher-layer
o does not need to know how lower-layer operations are implemented
o needs to know only what lower-layer operations do.
Advantage:
1) Simplicity of construction and debugging.

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Disadvantages:
1) Less efficient than other types.

2) Appropriately defining the various layers.

MICRO-KERNEL APPROACH
Explain the advantages of Micro-kernel approach OS with neat diagram
Main function:
 To provide a communication facility between
 client program and
 various services running in user-space.

 Communication is provided by message passing

 All non-essential components are
 removed from the kernel and
 implemented as system- & user-programs.

Advantages:
1) Ease of extending the OS. (New services are added to user space w/o modification of
kernel).
2) Easier to port from one hardware design to another.
3) Provides more security & reliability.(If a service fails, rest of the OS remains
untouched.).
4) Provides minimal process and memory management.

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Disadvantage:
1. Performance decreases due to increased system function overhead
2. Performance overhead of user space to kernel space communication.

MODULAR-KERNEL APPROACH (MODULES)

Analyze the modular kernel approach with neat diagram.

Solaris loadable modules

The kernel has
→ set of core components and
→ dynamic links in additional services during boot time
Seven types of modules in the kernel
1. Scheduling classes
2. File systems
3. Loadable system calls
4. Executable formats
5. STREAMS modules
6. Miscellaneous
7. Device and bus drivers
The top layers include
→ application environments and
→ set of services providing a graphical interface to applications.
Kernel environment consists primarily of
→ Mach microkernel and

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→ BSD kernel.
Mach provides
→ memory management;
→ support for RPCs & IPC and
→ thread scheduling.
BSD component provides
→ BSD command line interface
→ support for networking and file systems and
→ implementation of POSIX APIs
The kernel environment provides an I/O kit for development of
→ device drivers and
→ dynamic loadable modules (which Mac OS X refers to as kernel extensions).

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VIRTUAL MACHINES

******What are Virtual Machines? With neat diagram explain the concept of virtualization
and its advantages.
A virtual machine (VM) is a software program or operating system that not only exhibits the
behavior of a, separate computer hardware, but is also capable of performing tasks such as running
applications and programs like a separate computer.
• The fundamental idea behind the virtual machine is to abstract the hardware of a single
computer (CPU, memory, disk drives, network interface cards) into several execution
environments thereby creating an illusion that each separate execution environment is
running its own private computer.
• The operating system creates the illusion of multiple processes, each executing on its own
processor with its own (virtual) memory.
• Major difficulty is disk systems.

a) Non-virtual machine b) Virtual machine

The virtual-machine provides
 an interface that is identical to the underlying hardware.

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 a (virtual) copy of the underlying computer to each process.

Problem:
 Virtual-machine software itself will need substantial disk space to provide
virtual memory.
Solution: provide virtual disks that are identical in all respects except size.
Advantages:
1) Complete protection of the various system resources.
2) It is a perfect vehicle for OS‟s R&D.
Disadvantage:
1. Difficult to implement due to effort required to provide an exact duplicate to
underlying machine.

IMPLEMENTATION OF VIRTUAL MACHINE

Explain how virtual machines are implemented.

 Though virtual machine concept is useful it is difficult to implement

 Much work is required to provide an exact duplicate of underlying machine
 The underlying machine has two modes: user mode and kernel mode
 Virtual machine software can run in kernel mode
 Virtual machine itself can run in user mode
 We have virtual user mode and virtual kernel mode with, transfer of control from
virtual user mode to virtual kernel mode on virtual machine.
 The CPU is multi-programmed among many virtual machines.
BENEFIT OF CREATING VIRTUAL MACHINE
Explain the benefit of creating virtual machine
 All virtual machines share the same hardware yet run different execution environment
 Host system is protected from the virtual machine just as virtual machines are protected
from each other. (virus)
 There is no direct sharing of resources
 However it is made possible to share the file-system volume and thus share files

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 Network of virtual machines each of which can send information over the virtual
communication network
 Virtual machine is a perfect vehicle of research and development
 The current operating system must be stopped and taken out of use while changes are
made and tested. This period is called as system development time.
 Multiple operating systems can be running in developers workstation concurrently
 Data center use is system consolidation (run two or more separate system and run in
virtual machine of one system)
VMWARE
*****Explain VM-WARE architecture of virtual machine with neat diagram

Key Idea: This virtualization tool run in user mode as an application on top of the operating system
such as Windows or Linux and allows this host system to concurrently execute several different
guest operating systems as independent virtual machines.
• VM-WARE abstracts intel 8086 and compatible hardware into isolated virtual machines
• Linux OS is running as the host OS: FreeBSD, Windows NT and Windows XP are running
as guest OS

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• The virtualization layer is the heart of VM-WARE, as it abstracts the physical hardware
into isolated virtual machines running as guest operating systems.
• Each virtual machine has its own virtual CPU, memory, disk drives, network interface
and so forth.
• An application could be tested concurrently in one physical computer with different OS
using VMware.
• Programmer could test the application on a host operating system and on three guest
operating systems with each system running as a separate virtual machine by using
VMware
JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINE
Explain VM-WARE architecture of virtual machine with neat diagram

 Java provides the specification of java virtual machine

 Java objects are specified with class construct
 Java program consists of one or more classes
 For each java class the compiler produces a architectural neutral bytecode.
 JVM is a specification for an abstract computer
 Class loader and java interpreter
 Garbage collection
 JVM can be implemented on top of host OS, hardware

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 Java interpreter interprets the bytecode operations one at a time

 A faster software technique is to use just-in-time(JIT) compiler

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