T-Kernel Specification (1.B0.02)

Chapter 1
T-Kernel Overview
1.1 Position of T-Kernel
The position of T-Kernel in the overall T-Engine system is shown in Figure 1.1.
Application #1 #2 . . .
Device
Subsystem #1 #2 . . .
Driver #1 #2
T-Kernel/OS
T-Kernel/DS
T-Kernel/SM
T-Monitor
. . .
✻
Middleware
❄
✻
T-Kernel
❄
Figure 1.1: Position of T-Kernel
T-Kernel generally refers to all of T-Kernel Operating System (T-Kernel/OS), T-Kernel System Manager
(T-Kernel/SM), and T-Kernel Debugger Support (T-Kernel/DS); but in some cases T-Kernel/OS
only (narrow definition) is called T-Kernel.
T-Kernel Operating System (T-Kernel/OS) provides the following kinds of functions.
• Task control functions
• Task communication functions
• Memory management functions
• Exception/interrupt control functions
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