Microkernel Construction

Lecturer Dr. Nils Asmussen
Module INF-04-FG-AVS, INF-BAS4, INF-VERT4, IST-05-FG-AVS, MINF-04-FG-SAT
Scope and Type

2 SWS lecture (English)
Cycle Summer semester
Time and Place

Thu, 13:00-14:30 (4. DS), APB E08, hybrid
BBB Room for lecture/exercise stream
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Organization

The lecture will start in the second week on 14 April 2022.

During this term, both lecture and exercises will be offered as hybrid events (in person + live stream via BBB). More details about the organization and all future announcements will be made via the Mailing List.

Topics

This lecture focuses on current developments in the area of 2nd generation microkernels. After introducing microkernel-based operating systems in general, it dives into the construction of the microkernel itself by looking at the design of, e.g., interprocess communication, threads, and address spaces. The exercises provide hands-on experience by allowing students to hack on a stripped-down microkernel. Finally, the lecture presents multiple case studies of microkernels used in academia and industry.

We recommend to visit the lecture Microkernel-based Operating Systems first, but this is no requirement. However, we do assume basic knowledge of Linux and programming skills of C/C++ language.

Slides

Slides will be published here shortly before the lectures.

Additional Documentation

Operating System Basics:

  • Modern Operating Systems: Andrew S. Tanenbaum (OS Concepts, OS Structures, Virtual Memory)

Further information about the discussed OSes:

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Last modified: Jul 28, 2022
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