2.7 - Communication Between Layers
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Practice Questions
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What are system calls used for?
💡 Hint: Think about who controls hardware access.
Name one form of IPC.
💡 Hint: Consider ways processes communicate.
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What is the primary function of system calls?
💡 Hint: Think about how applications interact with the system.
True or False: IPC is only useful in single-process systems.
💡 Hint: Consider how many processes are running.
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Design a simple communication scenario using IPC between two processes. Discuss the methods and protocols you would choose.
💡 Hint: Consider how teams share tasks in a project.
Analyze the potential issues that could arise when an application attempts to access a device file that has not been defined in devfs.
💡 Hint: Think about how the system manages errors.
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