Open VMS AXP Internals and Data Structures Version 1.5

Name: Open VMS AXP Internals and Data Structures Version 1.5
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ISBN: 9781555581206

ISBN-10: 155558120X

ISBN-13: 9781555581206

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Authors: Ruth E. Goldenberg, Saro Saravanan

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This outstanding new book describes the internals and data structures of the OpenVMS AXP operating system 1.5 in vivid detail. Perhaps the most up-to-date description available for a commercial operating system, OpenVMS AXP Internals and Data Stuctures is an irreplaceable reference for operating system development engineers, operating system troubleshooting experts, systems programmers, consultants and customer support specialists. This books is essential for those interested in learning how OpenVMS AXP runs on the Alpha AXP family of processors. This information is equally applicable to the internals of any modern-day symmetric multi-processing operating system running on a RISC computer. …

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List price: $90.00
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1672
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.50" long x 2.50" tall
Weight: 5.588
Language: English

Introduction	p. 1
System Overview	p. 3
I/O Architecture	p. 33
Control Mechanisms	p. 43
Interrupts, Exceptions, and Machine Checks	p. 45
Hardware Interrupts and Machine Checks	p. 58
Software Interrupts	p. 64
Condition Handling	p. 95
System Service Dispatching	p. 140
ASTs	p. 176
Synchronization	p. 215
Synchronization Techniques	p. 217
Event Flags	p. 284
Lock Management	p. 298
Scheduling and Time Support	p. 333
Time Support	p. 335
Scheduling	p. 358
Process Control and Communication	p. 418
Memory Management	p. 447
Memory Management Overview	p. 449
Memory Management Data Structures	p. 481
Memory Management System Services	p. 531
Paging Dynamics	p. 574
Working Set List Dynamics	p. 640
The Swapper	p. 676
Pool Management	p. 715
Input/Output	p. 749
Overview of the I/O Subsystem	p. 751
I/O System Services	p. 779
I/O Processing	p. 829
Mailboxes	p. 853
Miscellaneous I/O Topics	p. 882
Life of a Process	p. 917
Process Creation	p. 919
Image Activation and Exit	p. 949
Translated Image Environment	p. 1016
Process Dynamics	p. 1049
Process Deletion	p. 1079
Life of the System	p. 1091
The Modular Executive	p. 1093
Bootstrap Processing	p. 1146
Operating System Initialization and Shutdown	p. 1187
Error Handling	p. 1219
Error Halt Processing	p. 1243
Symmetric Multiprocessing	p. 1248
Miscellaneous Topics	p. 1299
Logical Names	p. 1301
Miscellaneous System Services	p. 1337
Appendixes	p. 1361
System Processes and Privileged Images	p. 1363
Use of Listing and Map Files	p. 1368
SYSGEN Parameters and Their Locations	p. 1405
Naming Conventions	p. 1413
Data Structure Definitions	p. 1424
System and P1 Virtual Address Spaces	p. 1450
Summary of AXP Systems	p. 1471
Lock and Resource Use by OpenVMS Components	p. 1480
Selected Acronyms	p. 1515
Trademarks	p. 1523
Index	p. 1525
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