KeyKOS Architecture

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KL028-08

Eighth Edition (December 1990)

This paper was written by Norman Hardy and appeared in a slightly different form in Operating Systems Review, September, 1985.

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KeyKOS Architecture

Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview

Objects, keys, and messages

Introduction to domains

Major microkernel features

Messages

Domain states and kinds of invocations

Pages and nodes

Three special objects

Creating an object

What KeyKOS domains have

What KeyKOS domains do not have

Other primitive microkernel objects

Sensory keys

Fundamental objects implemented by domains

References

Index