Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:44:27 -0400 From: James Tanis <jtanis@mdchs.org> To: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>, FreeBSD Questions <ml.freebsd.questions@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System Message-ID: <e52e9e24dbe4df1f4654151372ee5bba@portal.mdchs.org> In-Reply-To: <48874DF0.7060109@daleco.biz>
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"Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > I stand ready for correction, but "Design & Implementation" is mostly > about, well, the design of the system itself ... not an operational > manual but a programmer's guide to OS internals. And, not only that, > but it's about 4.4BSD (1993?), so the exact OS described is quite old*; > however, it's of great value not only as history but as 4.4BSD has > fed code into not only FreeBSD, but NetBSD, OpenBSD, and others. > (see /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree). If that's not of interest > to you I'd not worry about this book --- no offence to Mr. McKusick > et al, of course. Your thinking of "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System" not "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating = System." They are, believe it or not, two different books. Your point is just as valid though as far as it being "not an operational manual but a programmer's guide to OS internals." -- James Tanis Technical Coordinator Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School e: jtanis@mdchs.org
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