DOS was designed for running only one dsedicated process.
=> Is the perfect for some real-time, dedicated applications.
UNIX, however, was designed for multi-user, multi-tasking applications.
Kernel runs in privileged mode, and can see the physical memory and physical devices, ports.
Kernel structural organization: divide into two function block
lower function block - consist of devices drivers, VM manager, scheduler, swapper(pager), initialization code.
upper function block - system call processing functions.
About kernel structure
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