1.1 Enhancements to the ChorusOS 4.0 Operating System

Version 4.0 of the ChorusOS operating system provides the following enhancements over version 3.2:

• A full binary product:

  • Portable CPU family binary.

  • BSPs for porting on new platforms, adapting the boot method, changing and adding device drivers.

  • Reference implementations.

• Hot Restart:

  • Simplified high availability management.

  • Modular and fully configurable components.

• Enhanced TCP/IP:

  • Updated TCP/IP (BSD 2.2.8).

  • Multiple network interfaces.

  • Extended routing, IP forwarding and multicast DHCP.

  • Enhanced and simplified administration.

• Operating system configuration:

  • Independent operating system components: devices, file systems, networking, dynamic application loading.

  • Reduced memory footprint, higher modularity and improved scalability.

• Enhanced operating system features:

  • Dynamic libraries.

  • C++ exceptions.

  • Full support for flash memory.

  • Line disciplines.

  • Device file system.

• Sun Embedded WorkShop 4.0:

  • Open debugger integration framework.

  • GUI based configuration tool.

  • Uniform configuration data.

  • Uniform application, BSP and driver development environment.