From 801cf64f456b865fbce75a3c5133b580afe9f67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rafal Kupiec Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:10:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update kernel readme --- xtoskrnl/README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/xtoskrnl/README.md b/xtoskrnl/README.md index 6ba2a26..cec64a8 100644 --- a/xtoskrnl/README.md +++ b/xtoskrnl/README.md @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This is a list of them: * Ar - Architecture library * Ex - Kernel Executive - * Hl - Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) + * Hl - Hardware Layer * Ke - Core kernel library * Mm - Memory manager * Po - Plug&Play and Power Manager @@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ The kernel executive supplies heap management, including support for allocating pools, as well as synchronization primitives like push locks and fast mutexes, interlocked memory access, and worker threads. -### HL: Hardware Abstraction Layer -Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), is a layer between the physical hardware of the computer and the rest of the operating -system. It was designed to hide differences in hardware and therefore it provides a consistent platform on which -the system and applications may run. +### HL: Hardware Layer +Hardware Layer, is a layer between the physical hardware of the computer and the rest of the operating system. It was +designed to hide differences in hardware and therefore it provides a consistent platform on which the system and +applications may run. ### KE: Kernel Library The kernel implements its core functionality that everything else in the system depends upon. This includes basic