Kernel architecture¶

Privilege boundaries, monolithic modular organization, exceptions, interrupts, SMP, processes, ELF user execution and system calls.

Scope¶

This volume defines the terminology and relationships required before implementation detail. General concepts remain separate from ChrisOS-specific decisions; when a chapter crosses into implementation, its source revision and relevant files are declared in frontmatter.

Core chapters¶

Kernel model and trust boundaries
Interrupts and SMP
Processes and system calls

Reading rule¶

Lower-layer details need not be memorized, but terms used by higher layers are defined before their first technical use. Diagrams show flow and responsibility; tables record contracts, layouts and states.