Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 02:04:09 +0100 From: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>, Marc Tardif <intmktg@CAM.ORG>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: more info on system processes Message-ID: <3A5FA989.6BBF7AB8@nisser.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0101101316400.22051-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <01011202225000.00410@tim.elnsng1.mi.home.com>
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Tim McMillen wrote: > > On Wednesday January 10, 2001 16:30, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Marc Tardif wrote: > >... > > I have been directed to the "The Design and Implementation of the > > 4.4BSD Operating System" book several times. But it seems like this > > should be documented somewhere else (online). > > I think that that is really all the documentation there is for some of > those system processes. The problem is the hard core kernel hackers > hate writing documentation. I even saw someone comment on -hackers > that they would rather write or debug code for 10 hours than write > documentation for 1 hour. > ... I remember - heck, even have them lying around somewhere - that Dr. Dobbs Journal (of Computer Cornucopia? Nah, that was another mag) ran a series of articles covering the ins and outs of BSD/386. Was some time ago, but maybe they've got them on-line. Later they also bundled them in a book or something. Roelof -- Home is where the (@) http://eboa.com/ is. Nisser home -- http://www.Nisser.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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