ChorusOS 4.0 Introduction

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A

	`ACTOR_EXTENDED_MNGT`, description of ( )

	actors
		adding them to the system image using `ews` ( )
		boot
			definition of ( )
		building ( )
		communicating between ( )
		context of ( )
		definition of ( )
		determining privilege of ( )
		dynamic linking example ( )
		dynamically loading ( )
		embedding ( )
		execution environment of ( )
		loading ( )
		multi-threaded ( )
		multithreaded ( )
		naming ( )
		spawning ( )
		supervisor ( ) ( )
		terminating ( )
		types of ( )
		user ( ) ( )

	address spaces, user and supervisor ( )

	`ADMIN_CHORUSSTAT`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_IFCONFIG`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_MOUNT`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_NETSTAT`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_RARP`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_ROUTE`, description of ( )

	`ADMIN_SHUTDOWN`, description of ( )

	`AF_LOCAL`, description of ( )

	`afexecve()`, example use of ( )

	allocating memory ( )

	allocating memory regions ( )

	API
		See application programming interfaces
		basic environment ( )
		Console Input/Output ( )
		extended environment ( )
		GNU 2.7.1 C++ ( )
		Mathematical ( )
		POSIX Input/Output ( )
		POSIX Micro Real-time Profile ( )
		Sun RPC ( )

	application debugging
		architecture ( )
		steps involved in ( )
		system debugging with ( )

	application programming interfaces, overview of ( )

	`applications.xml` ( )


B

	basic configuration profile, feature settings ( )

	basic environment
		APIs in ( )
		description of ( )

	basic profile, description of ( )

	basic scheduling control ( )

	Benchmarking, description of ( )

	Bootmonitor, description of ( )

	`BPF`, description of ( )

	build environment
		`imake` ( )
		`mkmk` ( )


C

	`C_INIT` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		commands ( )
		description of ( )
		`ethIpcStackAttach` ( )
		steps executed at system start-up by ( )

	`C_INIT` authentication, reasons for failing ( )

	C_INIT options
		`LOCAL_CONSOLE` ( )
		RSH ( )

	`chadmin` ( )

	chconsole ( )

	`chls` command ( )

	`chorusos.brd`
		description of ( ) ( )

	`chorusos.brd` file
		description of ( ) ( )

	`chserver` ( )
		starting and configuring ( )

	command-line configuration tool, `configurator`
		See also graphical configuration tool

	compilation options, `make` environment ( )

	compiling and linking, information for ( )

	configuration files ( )

	configuration options, types of ( )

	configuration profiles
		basic ( )
		extended ( )
		selecting ( )

	configuration tools ( )

	`configurator` ( )

	core executive, description of ( )

	creating threads ( )


D

	`DATE`, description of ( )

	`dchls` command
		See `chls` command

	`DEBUG_SYSTEM`, description of ( )

	DebugAgent
		activating ( )
		tunable options in ( )

	debugging
		enabling for `imake` components ( )
		enabling for `mkmk` components ( )
		preparing for ( )
		symbolic ( )
		troubleshooting ( )

	debugging architecture, debugging modes within ( )

	debugging modes
		application ( )
		system ( )

	DebugServer ( )
		configuration file ( ) ( )
		environment variable ( )
		slot numbers ( )
		starting ( )
		starting and configuring ( )
		stopping ( )

	Default Console, description of ( )

	default scheduler, `CLASS_FIFO` ( )

	deleting threads ( )

	descriptors, memory region ( )

	`/dev`, description of ( )

	`DEV_MEM`, description of ( )

	developing an application ( )

	development environment, components of ( )

	development lifecycle ( )

	`dlopen()`, example using ( )

	dynamic applications, support for ( )

	`DYNAMIC_LIB`, description of
		See also `ACTOR_EXTENDED_MNGT`

	dynamic libraries
		building ( )
		using ( )

	dynamic parameters ( )

	dynamic process management, description of
		See also IPC

	dynamic programming ( )

	dynamic programs, building ( )


E

	environment
		`imake` ( )
		`make` ( )

	environment variables
		adding using `ews` ( )
		changing using `ews` ( )
		deleting using `ews` ( )
		modifying using `ews` ( )
		runtime linker ( )

	`/etc/security` ( )

	`EVENT`, description of ( )

	event flags ( )

	ews, using ( )

	executables
		dynamic ( )
		relocatable ( )

	extended configuration profile, feature settings ( )

	extended environment
		APIs in ( )
		description of ( )
		running "Hello World" example in ( )

	extended profile, description of ( )


F

	feature, definition of ( )

	feature options
		See configuration options

	feature settings
		basic configuration profile ( )
		extended configuration profile ( )

	features
		`ACTOR_EXTENDED_MNGT` ( )
		`ADMIN_CHORUSSTAT` ( )
		`ADMIN_IFCONFIG` ( )
		`ADMIN_MOUNT` ( )
		`ADMIN_NETSTAT` ( )
		`ADMIN_RARP` ( )
		`ADMIN_ROUTE` ( )
		`ADMIN_SHUTDOWN` ( )
		`AF_LOCAL` ( )
		`BPF` ( )
		configuring using `ews` ( )
		`DATE` ( )
		`DEBUG_SYSTEM` ( )
		`DEV_MEM` ( )
		`DYNAMIC_LIB` ( )
		`EVENT` ( )
		`FIFOFS` ( )
		`FLASH` ( )
		`FS_MAPPER` ( )
		`GZ_FILE` ( )
		`HOT_RESTART` ( )
		`IDE_DISK` ( )
		`IOM_IPC` ( )
		`IOM_OSI` ( )
		`IPC` ( )
		IPC configuration ( )
		`IPC_REMOTE` ( )
		`IPC_REMOTE_COMM` ( )
		`LAPBIND` ( )
		`LAPSAFE` ( )
		`LOCAL_CONSOLE` ( )
		`LOG` ( )
		`MIPC` ( )
		`MON` ( )
		`MSDOSFS` ( )
		`NFS_CLIENT` ( )
		`NFS_SERVER` ( )
		`ON_DEMAND_PAGING` ( )
		`PERF` ( )
		`POSIX_MQ` ( )
		`POSIX_SHM` ( )
		`POSIX_SOCKETS` ( )
		`PPP` ( )
		`RAM_DISK` ( )
		`ROUND_ROBIN` ( ) ( )
		`RSH` ( )
		`RTC` ( )
		`RTMUTEX` ( )
		`SCSI_DISK` ( )
		`SEM` ( )
		`SLIP` ( )
		`TIMER` ( )
		`UFS` ( )
		`USER_MODE` ( )
		using `configurator` to add ( )
		using `configurator` to list ( )
		using `configurator` to remove ( )
		using `configurator` to view descriptions of ( )
		`VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_SPACE` ( )
		`VTIMER` ( )
		`VTTY` ( )

	FIFO scheduler ( )

	`FIFOFS`, description of ( )

	`FLASH`, description of ( )

	freeing memory regions ( )

	`FS_MAPPER`, description of ( )

	function, `dlopen()` ( )


G

	glossary ( )

	graphical configuration tool, ews
		See also command-line configuration tool

	`GZ_FILE`, description of
		See also `ACTOR_EXTENDED_MNGT`


H

	header files ( )

	host file system, mounting, See root file system ( )

	`HOT_RESTART`, description of ( )

	hot restart, description of ( )


I

	`IDE_DISK`, description of ( )

	`/image/sys_bank`, description of ( )

	`imake`
		build rules ( )
		building dynamic executables with ( )
		building dynamic libraries with ( )
		example using ( )
		packaging rules ( )
		using multiple source files with ( )
		variable definitions ( )

	`imake` environment ( )

	inter-process communication ( )

	`IOM_IPC` ( ) ( )
		description of ( )

	`IOM_OSI`, description of ( )

	IPC ( )

	`IPC` ( ) ( )

	IPC, configurations of ( )

	`IPC`, description of ( )

	IPC
		description of ( ) ( )

	`IPC_REMOTE` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		description of ( )

	`IPC_REMOTE_COMM` ( ) ( ) ( )
		description of ( )


L

	LAP, See local access points ( )
		description of ( )

	`LAPBIND`, description of ( )

	`LAPSAFE`, description of ( )

	libraries ( )
		choosing ( )
		dynamic ( )
		naming conventions of ( )
		static ( )

	linking, static and dynamic ( )

	Local Access Points
		See LAP

	local access points, definition of ( )

	`LOCAL_CONSOLE`, description of ( )

	local IPC ( )
		configuring ( )

	local IPC + remote IPC ( )
		configuring ( )

	local IPC + remote IPC over VME ( )
		configuring ( )

	`LOG`, description of ( )

	Logging, description of ( )


M

	`_main` routine ( )

	`make` environment ( )

	management utilities ( )
		Benchmarking ( )
		Bootmonitor ( )
		Default Console ( )
		Logging ( )
		Monitoring ( )
		Profiling ( )
		Remote Shell ( )
		Resource Status ( )

	`MEM_FLAT`, description of ( )

	`MEM_PROTECTED`, description of ( )

	`MEM_VIRTUAL`, description of ( )

	memory, sharing ( )

	memory management models
		`MEM_FLAT` ( )
		`MEM_PROTECTED` ( )
		`MEM_VIRTUAL` ( )

	memory protection, description of ( )

	memory region descriptors ( )

	memory regions
		allocating ( )
		freeing ( )

	message pools
		allocating messages from ( )
		definition of ( )

	message queues ( )
		getting messages from ( )
		posting messages to ( )
		use of ( )

	message spaces ( )
		creating ( )
		opening ( )

	messages, definition of ( )

	MIPC ( )

	`MIPC`, description of ( )

	`MON`, description of ( )

	Monitoring, description of ( )

	mounting
		host file system
			See root file system
		root file system ( )

	`MSDOSFS`, description of ( )

	multi-threaded actors ( )

	mutexes ( ) ( )


N

	naming actors ( )

	networking
		See also AF_LOCAL
		See also POSIX_SOCKETS
		See also PPP
		See also SLIP

	`NFS_CLIENT`, description of ( )

	`NFS_SERVER`, description of ( )

	non-secured mode, description of ( )


O

	`ON_DEMAND_PAGING`, description of ( )

	operating system
		how constants are defined ( )
		how data types are defined ( )
		how error codes are defined ( )

	operating system components, description of ( )


P

	parameters
		dynamic ( )
		static ( )
		tunable ( )

	`PERF`, description of ( )

	performance profiling
		analyzing reports ( )
		clock ( )
		compiler options ( )
		description of ( ) ( )
		feature options needed for ( )
		full form ( )
		generating reports ( )
		library ( )
		server ( )
		simple form ( )
		starting a session ( )
		stopping a session ( )
		tool set ( )

	policies
		`CLASS_FIFO` ( )
		`CLASS_RR` ( )

	port numbers ( )

	`POSIX_MQ`, description of ( )

	`POSIX_SHM`, description of ( )

	`POSIX_SOCKETS`, description of ( )

	`PPP`, description of ( )

	profiles
		basic ( )
		extended ( )

	Profiling, description of ( )

	program entry points ( )


R

	`RAM_DISK`, description of ( )

	rdbc
		See RDBC

	RDBC ( )
		configuring and using ( )

	rdbs
		See RDBS

	RDBS ( )

	rdbs ( )

	RDBS, configuring and using ( )

	remote IPC over Ethernet, configuring ( )

	remote IPC over VME, configuring ( )

	Remote Shell, description of ( )

	Resource Status, description of ( )

	root file system, mounting ( )

	`ROUND_ROBIN`, description of ( )

	`RSH`, description of ( )

	`rsh` command
		available options of ( )
		communicating with the target using ( )

	`RTC`, description of ( )

	`RTMUTEX`, description of ( )

	runtime linker
		environment variables ( )
		functions performed by ( )
		supported features ( )


S

	scheduler, description of ( )

	scheduling, threads ( )

	scheduling policy, description of ( )

	scheduling threads ( )

	`SCSI_DISK`, description of ( )

	secure mode, configuring the operating system in ( )

	`SEM`, description of ( )

	semaphore synchronization objects ( )

	semaphores ( )
		atomic operations available on ( )
		description of ( ) ( )

	serial device, identifying ( )

	sharing memory ( )

	site number, description of ( )

	`SLIP`, description of ( )

	slot numbers ( ) ( )

	`_start` routine ( )

	static parameters ( )

	Sun Embedded Workshop
		architecture diagram ( )
		components in ( )
		supported processor families ( )

	supervisor actors ( )

	synchronizing threads ( )

	`sysadm.ini`
		description of ( )
		example commands of ( )

	system debugging
		application debugging with ( )
		architecture ( )
		steps involved in ( )

	system environment, using `configurator` to modify ( )

	system image
		adding actors to ( )
		configuring using `ews` ( )
		embedding actors into ( )
		rebuilding ( )
		rebuilding using `ews` ( )

	system images
		`chorus` ( )
		`kernonly` ( )


T

	targets
		deactivating ( )
		permanently removing ( )
		reactivating ( )
		registering ( )
		updating information ( )

	thread scheduling ( )

	thread semaphores ( )

	threads ( ) ( )
		creating ( )
		deleting ( )
		obtaining local identifier ( )
		per-thread data ( )
		scheduling ( )
		synchronizing ( )
		tools for synchronizing ( )

	time management, options ( )

	time management services, list of ( )

	`TIMER`, description of ( )

	timer services ( )

	timers
		arming ( )
		using ( )

	Tools support ( )

	tunable parameters ( )

	tunables
		configuring using `ews` ( )
		using `configurator` to change ( )
		using `configurator` to list ( )
		using `configurator` to view descriptions of ( )


U

	`UFS`, description of ( )

	user actors ( )

	`USER_MODE`, description of ( )


V

	`VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_SPACE`, description of ( )

	`VTIMER`, description of ( )

	`VTTY`, description of ( )


W

	waiting threads ( )


X

	XRAY ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		example session with RDBS ( )
		start-up script ( )

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