FreeBSD book recommendation

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Fri May 21 14:50:45 PDT 2004


On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 12:46:54AM +0300, Vlad GALU wrote:
> 
> 	I'd like to buy a book about FreeBSD kernel internals: data structures,
> VM layout, reasons for various implementations, sort of a traver through
> the sourcecode, along with explaining each design decision that has been
> taken. I'm interested of improving both my personal experience and my
> fellows'.
> 	Do you know any good titles ? Something that can be bought online with
> price varying betweek $50-200.

If you can wait a few months "The Design and Implemenation of the
FreeBSD Operating System" is probably what you want.

http://www.mckusick.com/FreeBSDbook.html

For now, the previous book, "The Design and Implemenation of the 4.4 BSD
Operating System" is probably your best bet.

-- Brooks

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