[CSE]  Advanced Operating Systems 
 COMP9242 2002/S2 
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DIT header page (MIPS)

  • Lives in kernel reserved space.
  • Address is contained in kernel info page.
  • Mapped read-only to anyone requesting it at any time.
  • Contains for each file in the boot image:
    • name,
    • size and location in physical memory,
    • entrypoint address (zero if not executable image),
    • flag indicating whether it's to be started by \(\sigma_0\).



Gernot Heiser 2002-08-07