[linuxkernelnewbies] Software and Hardware Fault Handling

[peter teoh]

http://www.eventhelix.com/RealtimeMantra/FaultHandling/ Fault Handling and Fault Tolerance Software Fault Tolerance Software Fault Tolerance We discuss techniques to make Realtime systems more tolerant to software bugs. Handling Processor Reboot Processor reboot and recovery techniques is Realtime systems are described here. Hardware Fault Tolerance Hardware Fault Tolerance Hardware fault tolerance and redundancy techniques are covered in this document. Fault Handling Techniques This article describes the fault handling lifecycle and fault detection techniques. Hardware Diagnostics Hardware Diagnostics and Power On Self Tests are covered here. Hardware Basics Processor Bus Cycles Fault Tolerance software design requires basic knowledge of hardware. Here we cover some basic bus cycles performed by processors. DMA and Interrupt Handling We continue our discussion with a look at DMA operations and Interrupt Handling. Reliability and Availability Reliability and Availability Basics Basics of hardware and software reliability and availability System Reliability and Availability Computing the availability of system from the availability of its components.