Interrupt Handling Schemes in Operating Systems

• Main Authors: Mejia-Alvarez, Pedro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Leyva-del-Foyo, Luis Eduardo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Diaz-Ramirez, Arnaldo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer hardware.; Operating systems (Computers).; Microprocessors.; Computer Hardware.; Operating Systems.; Processor Architectures.

In this book, the interrupt handling models used by several operating systems are introduced and compared. We begin with an analysis of the classical interrupt management model used by Unix, followed by the schemes used by modern networked environments. We highlight the key challenges of each of the...