Kernel and Hardware Services Quick Start

The Kernel is designed to simplify porting to hardware with minimal disruption.

Architecture

For architectural details please see the documentation for each component.

Getting started with Kernel and Hardware Services

The kernel is designed to simplify porting. This means it has been designed in such a way as to make it easy to identify the various parts of the layered kernel stack that require porting for delivery to specific hardware.

Kernel and Hardware Services provides:

  • A multi-tasking, real-time operating system kernel. This creates and manages the primary OS kernel abstractions, such as processes, memory management, and scheduling.

  • Device drivers that provide logical interfaces to device hardware.

  • Access to and management of file systems.

The documentation provides separate guides for: