From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 14 10:08:46 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14FD016A44A for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 10:08:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joel@FreeBSD.org) Received: from av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A9543D68 for ; Sun, 14 May 2006 10:08:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joel@FreeBSD.org) Received: by av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 202533F454; Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.93]) by av10-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C34B3F454; Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 62-20-235-133-no21.tbcn.telia.com (62-20-235-133-no21.tbcn.telia.com [62.20.235.133]) by smtp4-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFFC137E4E; Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:42 +0200 (CEST) From: Joel Dahl To: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: <446700D5.7020604@u.washington.edu> References: <446700D5.7020604@u.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:51 +0200 Message-Id: <1147601331.674.9.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good kernel developers book/manual available? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 10:08:46 -0000 On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 03:05 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > Hello, > I was wondering if there was any particular technical book or manual > available that anyone would suggest for describing the FreeBSD kernel, > as I have recently picked up a Linux 2.6 kernel book and I want to > obtain a more holistic scope of the proper way to code an operating > system kernel as well as code for a system kernel, as opposed to just > one set of dogmatic approaches for doing it from Linus/the authors. > I prefer printed media compared to online media, but either-or would > be extremely helpful. "The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System" perhaps? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201702452 -- Joel