ARM Kernel

Operating system kernel, capable of executing and managing resources on an ARM-based platform.

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Building and executing:

MacOS

1. Open 3 new terminal windows
2. make build; make launch-qemu
3. make launch-console
4. make launch-gdb, continue

Linux

1. Open 2 new terminal windows
2. make build; make launch-qemu
3. make launch-gdb, continue

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Features

• pre-emptive multi-tasking
• priority-based scheduler
• fork, exec, exit, kill, nice system calls
• Inter-Process Communication (IPC) using pipes
• read and write operations have both blocking and non-blocking versions
• shell GUI interface using the LCD screen and PS/2 device drivers
• bit-mapped font for rendering letters and other characters
• top, clear and history commands