andy@modcomp.uucp (Andy Tate) (12/15/90)
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
REAL-TIME UNIX SYSTEMS
Design and Application Guide
by Borko Furht, Dan Grostick, David Gluch,
Guy Rabbat, John Parker,
Meg McRoberts
Modular Computer Systems, Inc.
This book is a design and application guide to real-time UNIX systems;
it describes general computer requirements for time-critical applications,
and related requirements for real-time operating systems. "Real-Time UNIX
Systems" presents various approaches to designing real-time UNIX operating
systems.
The REAL/IX operating system, a fully preemptive real-time UNIX operating
system, is described in detail. Guidelines for designing real-time
applications using the REAL/IX system are presented, including a number of
fully-tested real-time program examples. Special emphasis is given to the
description of the critical features of the REAL/IX system, including a
fully-preemptive kernel, a fixed priority scheduler, and a memory management
scheme which includes memory preallocation. Fast interprocess communications
mechanisms, common event notification and binary semaphores are also discussed,
and examples of how to effectively use these in real-time applications are
given.
This book also describes a fast file subsystem, which supports preallocation
of space and contiguous files and provides the capability of bypassing the
buffer cache for fast file I/O. Enhancements to the UNIX I/O subsystem,
required for real-time applications, are presented.
"Real-Time UNIX Systems" describes in detail two case studies of designing
real-time systems. Real-time systems designers, UNIX programmers and operating
systems designers will find this book to be an invaluable reference. It is
also suitable for a course on the subject.
ISBN 0-7923-9099-7
Cloth
352 pages
$59.95
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Order Department
P.O. Box 358
Accord Station
Hingham, MA 02018-0358
Credit card customers (617) 871-6600
Please do not contact MODCOMP/AEG to purchase this book.