Design considerations for the transformation of MINIX into a distributed operating system
P. Tobin Maginnis · 1988
MINIX is a version seven UNIX compatible operating system written for the Intel 8088 CPU and IBM-PC circuit package. MINIX is being transformed into a distributed operating system by adding four components to the basic operating system. These include an extended IPC service, network service manager, resource manager, and communication manager. Design considerations include a definition of Distributed Operating Systems (DOSs), a description of existing DOSs, a description of operating system architectural components which add DOS functionality, a plan for the placement of these components within the MINIX environment, an explanation of the types of DOS communication, and the implementation of DOS communication.