Chapter 3 - O/S Interface

• System Calls - detailed flow of control (Figure 3.1)

  • Program executes syscall
  • CPU handles the interrupt (save psw & ia; disable interrupts & flip to system mode; jump to appropriate iva address for syscall)
  • System call handler (aka the Operating System) performs the system call and rti’s

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