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5 | <title>Introduction</title> |
5 | <title>Introduction</title> |
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7 | <para>This book describes the design and principles of the HelenOS operating |
7 | <para>This book describes the design and principles of the HelenOS operating |
8 | system from the perspective of its microkernel as well as from the |
8 | system from the perspective of its microkernel as well as from the |
9 | perspective of its userspace drivers and server tasks.</para> |
9 | perspective of its userspace drivers and server tasks. Its primary goal is |
- | 10 | to present ideas behind each subsystem and highlight things that are |
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- | 11 | specific to HelenOS. Although this text contains references to source code |
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- | 12 | (e.g. function names), these are provided only to improve reader's |
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- | 13 | orientation when reading the code. This book does not attempt to be a |
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- | 14 | substitute for a reference manual and the reader is strongly encouraged to |
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- | 15 | look for interface details there.</para> |
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10 | </chapter> |
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