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Date:      Thu, 04 Dec 1997 17:47:25 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        jbryant@unix.tfs.net
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: applicability of 4.4 book to -current?
Message-ID:  <34875D2D.42877E5C@whistle.com>
References:  <199712042333.RAA27296@unix.tfs.net>

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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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