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Operating Systems:

Internals and Design Principles, 6/E


William Stallings

Chapter 2
Operating System Overview

Dave Bremer
Otago Polytechnic, N.Z.
©2008, Prentice Hall
Roadmap
– Operating System Objectives/Functions
– The Evolution of Operating Systems
– Major Achievements
– Developments Leading to Modern Operating
Systems
– Microsoft Windows Overview
– UNIX Systems
– Linux
Operating System
• A program that controls the execution of
application programs
• An interface between applications and
hardware
• Main objectives of an OS:
– Convenience
– Efficiency
– Ability to evolve
Layers and Views
Services Provided
by the Operating System
• Program development
– Editors and debuggers.
• Program execution
– OS handles scheduling of numerous tasks
required to execute a program
• Access I/O devices
– Each device will have unique interface
– OS presents standard interface to users
Services cont…
• Controlled access to files
– Accessing different media but presenting a
common interface to users
– Provides protection in multi-access systems
• System access
– Controls access to the system and its
resources
Services cont…
• Error detection and response
– Internal and external hardware errors
– Software errors
– Operating system cannot grant request of
application
• Accounting
– Collect usage statistics
– Monitor performance
The Role of an OS
• A computer is a set of resources for the
movement, storage, and processing of
data.
• The OS is responsible for managing these
resources.
Operating System
as Software
• The OS functions in the same way as an
ordinary computer software
– It is a program that is executed by the CPU
• Operating system relinquishes control of
the processor
OS as
Resource Manager
Evolution of Operating
Systems
• Operating systems will evolve over time
– Hardware upgrades plus new types of
hardware
– New services
– Fixes
Roadmap
– Operating System Objectives/Functions
– The Evolution of Operating Systems
– Major Achievements
– Developments Leading to Modern Operating
Systems
– Microsoft Windows Overview
– UNIX Systems
– Linux
Evolution of
Operating Systems
• It may be easier to understand the key
requirements of an OS by considering the
evolution of Operating Systems
• Stages include
– Serial Processing
– Simple Batch Systems
– Multiprogrammed batch systems
– Time Sharing Systems
Serial Processing
• No operating system
• Machines run from a console with display
lights, toggle switches, input device, and
printer
• Problems include:
– Scheduling
– Setup time
Simple batch system
• Early computers were extremely
expensive
– Important to maximize processor utilization
• Monitor
– Software that controls the sequence of events
– Batch jobs together
– Program returns control to monitor when
finished
Monitor’s perspective
• Monitor controls the
sequence of events
• Resident Monitor is software
always in memory
• Monitor reads in job and
gives control
• Job returns control to monitor
Job Control Language
• Special type of programming language to
control jobs
• Provides instruction to the monitor
– What compiler to use
– What data to use
Desirable Hardware
Features
• Memory protection for monitor
– Jobs cannot overwrite or alter
• Timer
– Prevent a job from monopolizing system
• Privileged instructions
– Only executed by the monitor
• Interrupts
Modes of Operation
• User Mode
– User program executes in user mode
– Certain areas of memory protected from user
access
– Certain instructions may not be executed
• Kernel Mode
– Monitor executes in kernel mode
– Privileged instructions may be executed, all
memory accessible.
Multiprogrammed
Batch Systems
• CPU is often idle
– Even with automatic job sequencing.
– I/O devices are slow compared to processor

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