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@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ There are many open source POSIX operating systems with advanced features such
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as BSD versions and Linux. However, neither of these were originally designed
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for embedded systems. Multiple problems arise due to this fact.
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These systems are well established. They target a broad range of platforms and
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uses, but consequently their user base has saturated, and embedded platforms
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don't get enough emphasis.
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Unix itself and all the tools built upon weren't meant for using on small
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devices. Accordingly, these operating systems contain a lot of historical code.
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Their code base is so big, that it gets more and more difficult to understand
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@@ -110,7 +106,13 @@ address space. This is an important issue on embedded systems since their
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operation is more sensitive to disruptions. Being a microkernel design, Codezero
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aims to defeat this problem and increase dependability.
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Other than these modern kernels, there are existing operating systems targeting
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From a support perspective, most unix operating systems like BSD and linux have
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a highly saturated user base. The developers focus on these existing users and
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often the systems they support are servers and not embedded computers. Codezero
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will focus completely on embedded systems, aiming to meet the support need for
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this type of systems.
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Other than modern unix kernels, there are existing operating systems targeting
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embedded devices. Most of them are proprietary, with their own users. Some of
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them are structurally too simplistic, and lack modern features such as paging.
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There ones that are well established, but Codezero will contrast them by
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@@ -123,14 +125,13 @@ Finally, POSIX compliance is only a step, or a partial aim for the Codezero
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microkernel. It is not limited to the goal of just complying with POSIX, which
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has been done many times by other operating systems. The idea is to implement
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a generic software environment where multiple system services can reside in
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the same run-time, but on the other hand, provide natively implemented resource
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management services to be used as the default solution. In other words, the
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project will provide the mechanism to accomodate multiple operating systems,
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and it will also supply its own set of system services with a POSIX-like API.
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By providing a variety of system-level software options, the applications
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will be able to choose among different speed, safety, determinism policies at
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the same run-time. This is expected to prove useful in embedded software
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problems.
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the same run-time, but on the other hand, natively implemented system services
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will be supplied as the default solution. In other words, the project will
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provide the mechanism to accomodate multiple operating systems, and it will also
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supply its own set of system services with a POSIX-like API. By providing a
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variety of system software options, the applications will be able to choose
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among different speed, safety, determinism policies at the same run-time. This
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is expected to prove useful in the embedded software domain.
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Furthermore there are new ideas in literature that would improve systems
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software but aren't implemented either because they have no existing users or
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@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ technology.
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Can you summarise all this? Why should I use Codezero, again?
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Codezero is an operating system that targets embedded systems. It supports the
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most fundamental posix calls and it implements modern features such as
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most fundamental POSIX calls and it implements modern features such as
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demand-paging and virtual filesystem layer. Different from most other posix-like
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systems, it is based on a microkernel design. This makes it possible to use it
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also as a base for implementing or running other operating systems. It has a
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