nachos.machine
Class Kernel

java.lang.Object
  nachos.machine.Kernel

Direct Known Subclasses:

ThreadedKernel

public abstract class Kernel
extends Object

An OS kernel.

Field Summary

static Kernel

kernel Globally accessible reference to the kernel.

Constructor Summary

Kernel()
Allocate a new kernel.

Method Summary

abstract void	initialize(String[] args) Initialize this kernel.
abstract void	run() Begin executing user programs, if applicable.
abstract void	selfTest() Test that this module works.
abstract void	terminate() Terminate this kernel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

kernel

public static Kernel kernel

Globally accessible reference to the kernel.

Constructor Detail

Kernel

public Kernel()

Allocate a new kernel.

Method Detail

initialize

public abstract void initialize(String[] args)

Initialize this kernel.

selfTest

public abstract void selfTest()

Test that this module works. Warning: this method will not be invoked by the autograder when we grade your projects. You should perform all initialization in initialize().

run

public abstract void run()

Begin executing user programs, if applicable.

terminate

public abstract void terminate()

Terminate this kernel. Never returns.