Protection ring (redirect from Kernel mode)
protection can be combined with processor modes (master/kernel/privileged/supervisor mode versus slave/unprivileged/user mode) in some systems. Operating systems...
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Direct Rendering Manager (redirect from Kernel mode setting)
perform operations such as configuring the mode setting of the display. DRM was first developed as the kernel-space component of the X Server Direct Rendering...
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modes. Typically, kernel space programs run in kernel mode, also called supervisor mode; normal applications in user space run in user mode. Some operating...
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different kernel architecture designs. Monolithic kernels run entirely in a single address space with the CPU executing in supervisor mode, mainly for...
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Architecture of Windows NT (redirect from NT kernel)
is a layered design that consists of two main components, user mode and kernel mode. It is a preemptive, reentrant multitasking operating system, which...
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The display mode is set by the kernel. In user-space mode-setting (UMS), the display mode is set by a user-space process. Kernel mode-setting is more...
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ordinary monolithic kernel, there is none of the performance overhead for message passing and context switching between kernel and user mode that normally comes...
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Context switch (redirect from Mode switch)
When the system transitions between user mode and kernel mode, a context switch is not necessary; a mode transition is not by itself a context switch...
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Kernel-Mode Driver Framework (KMDF) is a driver framework developed by Microsoft as a tool to aid driver developers create and maintain kernel mode device...
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processing kernel functions simplifies the kernel design at the expense of system responsiveness. The distinction between user mode and kernel mode, which...
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unrestricted mode is often called kernel mode, but many other designations exist (master mode, supervisor mode, privileged mode, etc.). Restricted modes are usually...
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Rootkit (section Kernel mode)
the Windows kernel using a method known as direct kernel object manipulation (DKOM). This method can be used to hide processes. A kernel mode rootkit can...
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X86-64 (redirect from 64-bit compatibility mode)
two new modes of operation, 64-bit mode and compatibility mode, along with a new 4-level paging mode. With 64-bit mode and the new paging mode, it supports...
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incorporate a mode bit to define the execution capability of a program in the processor. This bit can be set to kernel mode or user mode. Kernel mode is also...
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HarmonyOS NEXT (redirect from HarmonyOS kernel)
single framework as kernel mode. The new kernel architecture, built on OpenHarmony and its kernel abstraction layer, serves as user mode. The OS shares lineage...
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to benefit from memory protection at kernel mode. While retaining the speed of monolithic mainline Linux kernel compatibility subsystem of modular OpenHarmony...
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Process state (section Kernel mode)
either of the two modes, namely kernel mode or user mode. Processes in kernel mode can access both: kernel and user addresses. Kernel mode allows unrestricted...
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Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor...
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Microkernel (redirect from Micro kernel)
modes, the microkernel may be the only software executing at the most privileged level, which is generally referred to as supervisor or kernel mode....
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dropped), kernel extension module in AIX, dynamically loadable kernel module in HP-UX, kernel-mode driver in Windows NT and downloadable kernel module (DKM)...
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A monolithic kernel is an operating system architecture with the entire operating system running in kernel space. The monolithic model differs from other...
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Ntoskrnl.exe (category Windows NT kernel)
operating system kernel executable), also known as the kernel image, contains the kernel and executive layers of the Microsoft Windows NT kernel, and is responsible...
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The Linux kernel provides multiple interfaces to user-space and kernel-mode code that are used for varying purposes and that have varying properties by...
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featured a core kernel providing a system API, running in supervisor mode (ring 0 in x86; referred to in Windows NT as "kernel mode" on all platforms)...
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Core dump (section Kernel-mode dumps)
in use by the kernel and user mode applications. To analyze the Windows kernel-mode dumps Debugging Tools for Windows are used. User-mode memory dump,...
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XNU (redirect from Darwin kernel)
However, if a driver running in kernel mode crashes it will crash the kernel. Examples of drivers running in kernel mode include disk adapter and network...
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on Windows 2000. WDM exists in the intermediary layer of Windows 2000 kernel-mode drivers and was introduced to increase the functionality and ease of...
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The Linux kernel is a free and open-source,: 4 UNIX-like kernel that is used in many computer systems worldwide. The kernel was created by Linus Torvalds...
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Linux console (category Linux kernel)
the Linux kernel. A system console is the device which receives all kernel messages and warnings and which allows logins in single user mode. The Linux...
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User-mode Linux (UML) is a virtualization system for the Linux operating system based on an architectural port of the Linux kernel to its own system call...
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