quick online tutorial on system calls

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, Abhijit Pawar wrote:

> Nice article.

> May be you would like to add below points as well.

> 1. Some pointers on context switch when system call is invoked.
> 2. Data transfer between user and kernel mode in brief.
> 3. Mention of user mode helper calls in kernel.
>
> I am not sure what scope you have planned though  but I think these
> points will help.

  that's all outside the scope of what i was going for, i'm trying to
keep these things really brief and focused.  later on, i'll go back
and piece them together into official courseware.

rday

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