Firmware/hardware support for operating systems: principles and selected history

  • Authors:
  • Gary H. Sockut

  • Affiliations:
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

Firmware/hardware support for operating systems is described briefly, and proposed criteria for determining which operating system functions are the best candidates for firmware/hardware implementation are listed. A selected history of the area is presented in three sections: past and current research in support for virtual machines and two sections on past and current research in support for non -- virtual machine operating system functions.