Kernel Developer Guide

• Overview
  • Introduction
  • Terms and Definitions
  • Overall Architecture
  • Input and Output Artifacts
  • Kernel Build Flow
  • Kernel Implementation Libraries
  • Getting started
• Kernel & Features Specification (KF)
  • Introduction
    • Specification Summary
    • Comments
    • Basic Concepts
    • First Example
  • Ownership Rules
    • Type
    • Object
    • Execution Context
    • Kernel Mode
  • Execution Rules
    • Type References
    • Method References
    • Field References
    • Object References
    • Local References
    • Monitor Access
    • Native Method Declaration
    • Reflective Operations
  • Feature Lifecycle
    • Entry point
    • States
    • Installation
    • Start
    • Stop
    • Uninstallation
  • Class Spaces
    • Overview
    • Private Types
    • Kernel API Types
    • Precedence Rules
  • Resource Control Manager
    • CPU Control: Quotas
    • RAM Control: Managed Heap Configuration
    • RAM Control: Feature Criticality
    • Time-out Control: Watchdog
    • Native Resource Control: Security Manager
  • Communication Between Features
    • Method Binding
    • Object Binding
    • Kernel Type Converters
  • Configuration Files
    • Kernel and Features Declaration
    • Kernel API Definition
    • Identification
    • Shared Interface Declaration
    • Kernel Advanced Configuration
    • Context Local Storage Static Field Configuration
• Kernel Creation
  • Create a new Project
  • Configure a VEE Port
  • Build the Executable and Virtual Device
    • Build the Executable in the Workspace
  • Expose APIs
  • Implement a Security Policy
  • Add Pre-installed Applications
  • Kernel Application Configuration with SDK 5
    • Module Configuration
    • Build Options
    • Build only a Virtual Device with a pre-existing Kernel
• Kernel APIs
  • Kernel API Definition
  • Writing Kernel APIs
    • Default Kernel APIs Derivation
    • Kernel API Generator
• Runtime Environment
  • Principle
  • Create a new Runtime Environment Module
    • Kernel APIs as Dependencies
    • Kernel APIs as Project File
    • Add Add-On Processors
  • Use a Runtime Environment in an Application
  • Extend a Runtime Environment
• Kernel UID
• Sandboxed Application Lifecycle
• Define a Security Policy
  • Register a Security Manager
  • Implement a Security Manager
    • Security Manager with Application Declared Permissions
    • Security Manager with Permission Dispatch
• Kernel and Features Communication
  • Shared Services
  • Communication between Features
    • Register a Service
    • Get a Service
  • Communication between Kernel and Feature
    • Register a Service
    • Get a Service
  • Implement a Registry
  • Kernel Types Converter
• Multi-Sandbox Enabled Libraries
  • Manage Internal Global State
    • Declare a Static Field Local to the Feature
    • Allow a Field Assignment in Kernel Mode
    • Use Existing Multi-Sandbox Enabled Data Structures
  • Implement a Security Manager Permission Check
  • Known Foundation Libraries Behavior
    • MicroUI
    • BON
    • ECOM
    • ECOM-COMM
    • FS
    • NET
    • SSL
• Setup a KF Test Suite
  • Enable the Test Suite
  • Add a KF Test
  • KF Test Suite Options (SDK 5 only)
• Kernel Linking
  • Link Flow
  • Kernel Metadata Generation
  • Feature Portability Control
    • Principle
    • Enable
    • Portability Rules
• Application Linking
  • SOAR Build Phases
  • Feature Build Off Board
  • Feature Build On Device
    • General Workflow
    • Implement the Kernel
  • FSO Compatibility
  • Feature Portability