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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.
> 

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chuckr@picnic.mat.net  | electronics, communications, and signal processing.

New Year's Resolution:  I will not sphroxify gullible people into looking up
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