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Jim Bryant wrote:
> 
> how applicable is the book "The Design and Immplementation of the
> 4.4BSD Operating System" to the -current effort?
> 
> primarily what sections should i not pay that much heed to?
> 
> i understand that the Mach-style vm described went out the door some
> time back, but is the high-level vm interface similar or the same?
Actually it is still based on that and still has the same structures in
general.

it's just been reworked and optimised a LOT.

> 
> if i'm going to get into sync on -current, i guess this is a good
> starting point.
> 
> jim
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