Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 14:29:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> To: Alkis Evlogimenos <shiratsoi@flashcom.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4bsd Operating System" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005071425320.79947-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <39154605.6D5A9371@flashcom.net>
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On Sun, 7 May 2000, Alkis Evlogimenos wrote: > I was wondering if this book is far too off the current state of > FreeBSD. Are there fundamental differences between the design of 4.4BSD > and FreeBSD? There are some pretty large differences. The VM has changed. Drivers have changed. > Can you also recommend any other books describing the internals of the > FreeBSD OS which are a closer match than the above? Nope. It's still the best ref. Ask me again in 9 months, maybe there'll be a different answer, because another one is in the works (I think David Greenman is one of the authors of a new one) but reading that book will help a whole lot, it's very definitely not a waste of time. > > Thanks. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include C & Java programming, FreeBSD, chuckr@picnic.mat.net | electronics, communications, and signal processing. New Year's Resolution: I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up fictitious words in the dictionary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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