How This Book Is Organized

This guide is divided into 4 parts with 12 chapters:

Part I - Upgrading to Version 5.0 of the ChorusOS Operating System

This part of the guide provides an overview of the major enhancements that have been added in version 5.0 and contains transitional information affecting the installation process.

Chapter 1, Overview of Major Enhancements in ChorusOS 5.0 describes the major enhancements to the ChorusOS operating system. This is not a complete list of changes, but an at-a-glance view of areas of the operating system that have been enhanced.

Chapter 2, Changes to the ChorusOS 5.0 Installation suggests things to consider to facilitate a smooth transition through software installation and post-installation.

Part II - Transition Information for Users and System Administrators

This part of the guide indicates changes to file systems, configurables, networking, and host and target utilities. It will assist users in understanding changes to the local computing environment and changes to routine tasks.

Chapter 3, File System Changes describes changes to file system administration, including changes to the file system and media support.

Chapter 4, Configuration Changes describes new features and tunables that can be configured. It includes features and tunables whose default values have changed in this version of the ChorusOS operating system.

Chapter 5, Networking changes describes networking changes, including messaging and protocol changes, and changes to the network utilities.

Chapter 6, Changes to Utilities describes changes to the host, target and system management utilities offered in the ChorusOS operating system.

Part III - Transition Information for Application Developers

This part of the guide focuses on changes that affect developers and the programming environment.

Chapter 7, Additions and Changes to the Programming Environment provides information on changes made to the programming environment, including a description of the new features available to application developers.

Chapter 8, Standard Application Interfaces and POSIX Interfaces describes the changes made to the API organization in version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system. It includes a description of the new POSIX support.

Chapter 9, Tool changes discusses changes made to the development tools.

Part IV - Transition Information for BSP Developers

This part of the guide describes the reorganization of the ChorusOS source trees and additional changes relevant to BSP developers.

Chapter 10, Changes to DDIs and DKI Extensions describes the new and changed DDIs and DKIs.

Chapter 11, Changes to Drivers illustrates the changes made to the driver source tree and lists the new and updated drivers for version 5.0 of the ChorusOS operating system.

Chapter 12, Changes to Boot Libraries and Boards lists changes made to the boot libraries and boards.