Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:57:04 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <ml.freebsd.questions@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System Message-ID: <44iquwpp9r.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <48874DF0.7060109@daleco.biz> (Kevin Kinsey's message of "Wed\, 23 Jul 2008 10\:27\:44 -0500") References: <10549b080807220809n3d98be9fte062d83d32d3b1d7@mail.gmail.com> <48874DF0.7060109@daleco.biz>
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Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> writes: > FreeBSD Questions wrote: >> This book was printed in August 2004. This predates FBSD 5, and I >> know there were some significant changes between the 4.x and 5.x >> branches. We've progressed further and are now into version 7. How >> well does this book apply to more current versions of FreeBSD, such as >> version 7? > > 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. Quite correct. > And, not only that, > but it's about 4.4BSD (1993?), so the exact OS described is quite old*; Not quite correct. The more recent edition was retitled to more accurately denote the fact that it covers FreeBSD (5). -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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