Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:32:29 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Design and Implemenations of FreeBSD Message-ID: <20050324143229.GB60214@wjv.com> In-Reply-To: <20050324120020.B8DFE16A51D@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20050324120020.B8DFE16A51D@hub.freebsd.org>
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On or about Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 12:00 , while attempting a Zarathustra emulation freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org thus spake: > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:15:07 +0000 > From: "klowd9 -" <klowd92@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: Kernel documentation and specification > >Reading the CVS logs for the relevant files should give you > >ideas about who might be able to answer your questions. > >However, you shouldn't expect that people have time to answer > >lots of questions. Of course, it helps if your interest is in > >the context of contributing something back to the project. > >Kirk's book, ``The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD > >Operating System'' probably contains the answers to basic > >questions about scheduling and IPC. > I considered purchasing that book, which is very very good > imo, but a bit overpriced at $60.. Any other resources about > kernel development, and to whom may i speak with to help me get > started.. Considering it's coming from a publisher which specializes in technical books and many of theirs are used in college courses it's a typical price. However - with one or two rare exceptions - I've bought almost all my tech books dealing with computers from Bookpool. http://www.bookpool.com They currently have McKusick's book in stock at $33.95. The other BSD books are also priced similarly. I have no relationship with Bookpool other than being a very satisfied customer and always go there first for any tech book. I even managed to get the O'Reilly 4.4BSD books from them - the set of five - for about $100 - when they were still in print. Highly recommended. This month they are having an 'Open Source' sale with 43% discounts - over 700 books. I hate to think how much I've spent on computer books in the past 20 years or so - but it's in the thousands. Sort of a college educations at home. I still have my first Unix books - the Bell Labs Unix Programmers Manuals - that got me hooked on Unix. Total pages on that entire system was less than that of part I of SysV. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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