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November 17th, 2008, 16:47
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| The Windows Research Kernel contains the sources for the core Windows (NTOS) kernel. NTOS implements the basic OS functions for:
The NT Hardware Abstraction Layer, file systems, network stacks, and device drivers are implemented separately from NTOS and loaded into kernel mode as dynamic libraries. Sources for these dynamic components are not included in the WRK. However, some are available in various development kits published by Microsoft, such as the Installable File System Kit and the Windows Driver Development Kit. The WRK includes most of the NTOS kernel sources from the latest released version of Windows, which supports the x64 architecture on the desktop. The kernel sources excluded from the kit are primarily in the areas of Plug and Play, power management, the device verifier, kernel debugger interface, and virtual DOS machine. The primary modifications of the released kernel for the WRK are related to cleanup and removal of server support, such as code related to the Intel IA64. WRK is primarily intended for faculty and instructors working in the area of operating systems who develop courses and write textbooks and want to include information about the Windows kernel based on the actual source code. The WRK includes a build/test environment and binaries for the omitted source components, which can be used to build fully functional NTOS kernels that can be installed on Windows Server 2003 for x86/x64 and Windows XP x64. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/windowsacademic/researchkernelkit.mspx |
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