ACCENT documentation available
CStacy@mit-dms
NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM KERNEL
Accent is a communication oriented operating system kernel being built at
Carnegie-Mellon University to support the distributed personal computing
project, Spice, and the development of a fault-tolerant distributed sensor
network (DSN). Accent is built around a single, powerful abstraction of
communication between processes, with all kernel functions, such as device
access and virtual memory management accessible through messages and
distributable throughout a network. In this paper, specific attention is given
to system supplied facilities which support transparent network access and
fault-tolerant behavior. Many of these facilities are already being provided
under a modified version of VAX/UNIX. The Accent system itself is currently
being implemented on the Three Rivers Corp. PERQ.
Keywords: Inter-process communication, networking, virtual memory, paging,
UNIX, PERQ, VAX, network operating systems, distributed computation.
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For those who have an interest in personal workstation software, a
copy of this paper (by Richard and Robertson) is available on DM.
The file names are:
CSTACY;ACCENT DOC Vanilla text format
CSTACY;ACCENT PRESS Dover format with diagrams
Enjoy,
Chris