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School of Computer Science & Engineering
University of New South Wales
Advanced Operating Systems
COMP9242 2002/S2

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Subsections

Single-Address-Space Operating Systems

IBM System/38

[Ber80] and successor

[Sol96] (1978)

$\begin{Drawbacks} \Item totally different environment \Item requires hardware support \Item performance... \end{Drawbacks}$

[MSS$^+$93] (City University, London, 1992-5)

$\begin{Drawbacks} \Item prototype is 32-bit only \Item performance? \end{Drawbacks}$

[CLFL94] (U of Washington, 1992-4)

$\begin{Drawbacks} \Item applications must handle capabilities (e.g.\ on RPC) \Item no fast rights amplification \Item performance! \end{Drawbacks}$

[SMF96] (Arizona State U, 1994-now)

$\begin{Drawbacks} \Item special hardware! \end{Drawbacks}$

[HEV$^+$98] (UNSW, 1994-now)

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Gernot Heiser 2002-10-24

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