The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Sept, 2004

The Design And Implementation Of The FreeBSD Operating System

Marshal McKusick & George Neville-Neil

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The Design And Implementation Of The FreeBSD Operating System is the collaborative work of computer science and UNIX operating systems experts Marshal Kirk McKusick and George V. Neville-Neil. Covering FreeBSD version 5.2, this is an advanced resource especially for advanced students and users of the widely used FreeBSD system, which is commonly applied to Internet services and firewalls, high-availability servers, general timesharing systems, embedded systems that take advantage of FreeBSD's lean qualities, and much more. Chapters include an overview of FreeBSD's history, goals, and general design, and then delve into the nuts and bolts of its kernel services, process management, i/o system, network filesystem, network protocols, and much more. A complex and technical reference featuring diagrams and flowcharts summarizing how FreeBSD operates, The Design And Implementation Of The FreeBSD Operating System is a "must-have" in-depth work for anyone concerned with learning the capabilities, most efficient interfaces, fine-tuning configurements, and more details of FreeBSD.