Supervisor Application Binaries

Because supervisor applications share the same supervisor address space, they are built as relocatable binaries which are linked dynamically prior to loading. Supervisor applications jump into the system to access system services, that is, they do not trap.

When programming supervisor applications, remember that no memory protection is provided between applications. A badly written supervisor application that accesses addresses outside its own address space can corrupt any supervisor region and cause unexpected behavior such as a system crash or reboot.