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About IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design And Implementation
Product Description The IA-64 Linux kernel makes extraordinary power available to every Linux developer. In IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design and Implementation, the kernel project's leaders systematically present every major subsystem, introducing interfaces used by Linux to abstract platform differences, showing how these interfaces are used in IA-64, and illuminating key issues associated with Linux kernel operation on any platform. Covers processes, tasks, threads, virtual memory, I/O, symmetric multiprocessing, bootstrapping, and more. From the Back Cover The authoritative guide to the IA-64 Linux kernel implementation. Authoritative and complete description of the Linux kernel for IA-64/IPF (Itanium Processor Family) Provides an in-depth discussion of the ideas and concepts behind the Linux hardware abstraction interfaces, the IA-64 design space, and their actual realization From the lead architects and developers of the IA-64 Linux kernel The IA-64 architecture and Itanium processors are designed to offer unprecedented levels of performance, expandability, and reliabilityand with the delivery of the IA-64 Linux kernel, that power is now accessible to every Linux developer. In this authoritative book, the IA-64 Linux kernel project's leaders take you "under the hood" with Linux for IA-64, demonstrating exactly how it makes the most of the IA-64's breakthrough capabilities. They begin by introducing the IA-64 architecture, instruction set, and key features. Next, they cover every major Linux kernel subsystem in unprecedented detail, presenting the interfaces used by Linux to abstract hardware differences and showing how these interfaces have been realized in the IA-64 environment. Coverage includes: Processes, tasks, and threads, including thread interfaces and synchronization The virtual memory subsystem: address spaces, page tables, page fault handling, and coherency Device support: programmed I/O, DMA, and interrupts Symmetric multiprocessing: Linux locking principles and their implementation on IA-64 Kernel entry and exit: interruptions, system calls, signals, and user memory access Bootstrapping: firmware, bootloader, and kernel initialization System performance monitoring: usage, kernel support, and Itanium extensions IA-32 compatibility: architectural support and Linux support for running legacy 32-bit applications This book not only focuses on the ideas and concepts you need to work with this radically innovative architecture: it illuminates the key issues associated with Linux kernel operation on any platform, existing or new. About the Author DAVID MOSBERGER is a Senior Research Scientist at HP Labs. In early 1998, he founded the project to bring Linux to the IA-64 platform, later developing the first IA-64 version of the GNU C compiler and GNU toolchain. He has been serving as lead architect, developer, and gatekeeper of the IA-64 Linux kernel source code. STÉPHANE ERANIAN is a Senior Research Scientist at HP Labs. He has been working on the port of Linux to the IA-64 platform since late 1998. He is main architect of the kernel performance monitoring subsystem, and architect and maintainer of the Linux/IA-64 elilo boot loader. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. PREFACE This book grew out of the simple desire to describe exactly how Linux works on an IA-64 machine. By realizing that desire, we hope not only to shine a light on the inner workings of Linux, but also to share some of the excitement and the creative processes that are involved in solving the many technical challenges that arise when designing an operating system for a platform as radical and innovative as IA-64. Many of the innovations in IA-64 are targeted at increasing performance by giving a compiler more control over the CPU. However, as we see in this book, IA-64 also comes with a powerful system architecture which supportsindeed encouragesinnovative solutions at the operating-system level. Linux is a no
