Revision as of 14:34, 3 April 2012 edit Wbm1058 (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Administrators 278,571 edits hardware abstraction layer is not a proper name, pipe link to hardware ← Previous edit		Revision as of 14:46, 3 April 2012 edit undo Wbm1058 (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Administrators 278,571 edits not a proper name Next edit →
Line 1: An '''~~Operating~~operating ~~System~~system ~~Abstraction~~abstraction ~~Layer~~layer''' ('''OSAL''') provides an [[application programming interface]] (API) to an [[Abstraction (computer science)\|abstract]] [[operating system]] making it easier and quicker to develop code for multiple [[software]] or [[computer hardware\|hardware]] platforms. OS abstraction layers deal with presenting an abstraction of the common system functionality that is offered by any Operating system by the means of providing meaningful and easy to use Wrapper functions that in turn encapsulate the system functions offered by the OS to which the code needs porting. A well designed OSAL provides implementations of an API for several Real Time Operating Systems (such as [[vxWorks]], [[eCos]], [[RTLinux]], [[RTEMS]]). Implementations may also be provided for non Real Time Operating Systems, allowing the abstracted software to be developed and tested in a developer friendly desktop environment.

Operating system abstraction layer: Difference between revisions