The Linux Kernel Primer. A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

O(1) schedulers

     context_switch() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th

    CPUs

         yielding 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

    tasks

         selecting 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

objcopy command

objdump utility 2nd

object languages

objects

     create_process program 2nd 3rd

     ELF 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

     file formats

     linked lists 2nd 3rd 4th

     searching 2nd 3rd

     trees

         binary 2nd

         red black 2nd

objsize field (cache descriptors)

OF (Open Firmware) 2nd

offsetting descriptors

offsetting file parameters

Open Firmware (OF) 2nd

Open Programmable Interrupt Controller (OpenPIC)

open source software 2nd

open() function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

OpenPIC (Open Programmable Interrupt Controller)

operating systems

     create_process program 2nd 3rd

     overview of 2nd

operations

     asynchronous I/O

     devices 2nd

     files

     superblock structures 2nd 3rd

optimizers

optimizing

     filesystems

organization of kernels

outb (write out a byte)

output operands

overview of Linux