Ocean Kernel

The Ocean kernel is the core of the operating system, managing hardware resources and providing services to userspace programs.

Purpose

The kernel abstracts hardware complexity and enforces system policies. Its core responsibilities include:

• Process management - Create, schedule, and terminate processes
• Memory management - Virtual memory, allocation, and protection
• Device drivers - Interface with hardware peripherals
• Inter-process communication - Pipes, signals, shared memory

Key Features

• Preemptive multitasking
• Virtual memory with demand paging
• Modular driver architecture
• POSIX-compatible system calls
• Security and access control

The following chapters detail kernel architecture, system calls, and internals.