FreeBSD Operating System Design and Implementation

Author: Mike G. Kozlov, Neville-Neil
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive, fresh, and authoritative discussion on the content structure of the FreeBSD operating system. It is divided into 5 parts and 14 chapters. Part I includes the first 3 chapters, offering a general introduction to the history, design, and kernel services of FreeBSD. Part II covers Chapters 4 and 5, discussing process management and memory management, respectively. Part III, Chapters 6 to 10, provides a detailed introduction to the I/O system, including an overview, devices, local file systems, network file systems, terminal systems, and more. Part IV, Chapters 11 to 13, introduces inter-process communication, network communication, and network protocols, respectively. Part V, Chapter 14, covers booting and shutting down. The glossary provides explanations for some common terms used in the book. This book can serve as both a practical guide to FreeBSD and a reference for in-depth study of modern portable open-source operating systems. It is suitable for FreeBSD operating system technical support personnel, application developers, system administrators, and system programmers, as well as readers interested in learning about FreeBSD.
In this classic work, the two authors continue to provide a comprehensive, fresh, and authoritative discussion on the internal structure of the open-source FreeBSD operating system. They offer a high-level, concise overview of FreeBSD's design and implementation, while also providing detailed explanations of the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used to implement system functions when discussing key design decisions. Readers can use this book as a practical guide or as a resource for in-depth study of modern portable open-source operating systems. Technical and sales support personnel can understand the system's features and limitations; application developers can quickly learn how to interact with the system; system administrators can learn how to maintain, tune, and configure the system; and system programmers can learn how to extend, enhance, and control the system.
This book provides a comprehensive, fresh, and authoritative discussion on the content structure of the FreeBSD operating system. It is divided into 5 parts and 14 chapters. Part I includes the first 3 chapters, offering a general introduction to the history, design, and kernel services of FreeBSD. Part II covers Chapters 4 and 5, discussing process management and memory management, respectively. Part III, Chapters 6 to 10, provides a detailed introduction to the I/O system, including an overview, devices, local file systems, network file systems, terminal systems, and more. Part IV, Chapters 11 to 13, introduces inter-process communication, network communication, and network protocols, respectively. Part V, Chapter 14, covers booting and shutting down. The glossary provides explanations for some common terms used in the book. This book can serve as both a practical guide to FreeBSD and a reference for in-depth study of modern portable open-source operating systems. It is suitable for FreeBSD operating system technical support personnel, application developers, system administrators, and system programmers, as well as readers interested in learning about FreeBSD.