Design and implementation of an OS kernel

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Hi everyone!
If I want to design and create a kernel like a simple model of the windows kernel, what should I do and how can I program it?

Thanks in advance!

Posted 23-Jan-11 9:28am

mehdi_k

Updated 23-Jan-11 9:43am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Answer 1 · 2011-01-23T09:42:00

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There is a great book for you: Operating Systems Design And Implementation[^] by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Albert S. Woodhull. I covers all the important topics to make some design and implementation decisions for your kernel.
You might also want to study MINIX (the predesessor of Linux): MINIX[^]

That should help you get a good overview.
For an OS kernel I would suggest something other than C# though!

Best Regards,
Manfred

Posted 23-Jan-11 9:42am

Manfred Rudolf Bihy

Updated 23-Jan-11 10:18am

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Espen Harlinn 23-Jan-11 17:01pm

5+ Tanenbaum has another nice book on the topic too: Modern Operating Systems

Copied from wikipedia:

Operating Systems: Design and Implementation and MINIX[3] were Linus Torvalds' inspiration for the Linux kernel. In his autobiography Just For Fun, Torvalds describes it as "the book that launched me to new heights".

Manfred Rudolf Bihy 23-Jan-11 17:22pm

Andrew S. Tanenbaum's "Modern Operating Systems" was required reading when I studied computer science in the 90s. :)

Espen Harlinn 24-Jan-11 13:59pm

Lucky you :)

Jeffrey Schultz · Answer 2 · 2011-01-23T10:29:00

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These were extremely helpful in getting me through my operating systems classes. It also helps if you have a background in Computer Science.

http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/index[^]

http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page[^]

http://forum.osdev.org/[^]

Posted 23-Jan-11 10:29am

Jeffrey Schultz