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Quick Guide to the Kernel Source!!!#

Where is it?!#

/services/system/ker

Where are the good bits?!#

Functional Area	Related Files
debug support, reading kernel internal data	cpu_debug.c kerext_debug.c nano_debug.c nano_kerdebug.c deb_rec.c
kernel api, linkage and entry	kerext_* ker_* ker_call_table.c ker_ring0.c
kernel entrypoint, and init	_main.c init_nto.c idle.c init_objects.c
messaging	ker_channel.c ker_connect.c ker_fastmsg.c ker_message.c
physical memory	emm_init_mem.c emm_mmap.c emm_munmap.c emm_pmem_add.c emm_vaddr_to_memobj.c
scheduler	nano_sched.c
Adaptive Partitioning Scheduler	aps/

Where the heck is the implementation of KernelCall()? #

To find the implementation of a kernel call spelled like CamelCaseKernelCall, look for a function ker_camel_case_kernel_call. For example the SchedCtl() kernel call is implemented by ker_sched_ctl().

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