From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 21 14:50:45 2004 Return-Path: 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 9369816A4CE for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:50:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7F343D31 for ; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:50:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4LLogs0002821; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:50:42 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.10/8.12.3/Submit) id i4LLogHk002820; Fri, 21 May 2004 14:50:42 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:50:42 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Vlad GALU Message-ID: <20040521215042.GB1549@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20040522004654.4775c097.dudu@diaspar.rdsnet.ro> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040522004654.4775c097.dudu@diaspar.rdsnet.ro> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD book recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 21:50:45 -0000 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 12:46:54AM +0300, Vlad GALU wrote: >=20 > 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 --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFArnmxXY6L6fI4GtQRAlDvAKDd+oT7FtxK3UPKxZpRbXG6WeZ9vgCfeTjo Nc4VEU9ssyJ+Lq/hWd+1SGs= =8+ms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R--