The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System 1st Edition

by Marshall Kirk McKusick (Author), George V. Neville-Neil (Author)

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As in earlier Addison-Wesley books on the UNIX-based BSD operating system, Kirk McKusick and George Neville-Neil deliver here the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of open source FreeBSD. Readers involved in technical and sales support can learn the capabilities and limitations of the system; applications developers can learn effectively and efficiently how to interface to the system; system administrators can learn how to maintain, tune, and configure the system; and systems programmers can learn how to extend, enhance, and interface to the system.

The authors provide a concise overview of FreeBSD's design and implementation. Then, while explaining key design decisions, they detail the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing the systems facilities. As a result, readers can use this book as both a practical reference and an in-depth study of a contemporary, portable, open source operating system.

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Details the many performance improvements in the virtual memory system
Describes the new symmetric multiprocessor support
Includes new sections on threads and their scheduling
Introduces the new jail facility to ease the hosting of multiple domains
Updates information on networking and interprocess communication

Already widely used for Internet services and firewalls, high-availability servers, and general timesharing systems, the lean quality of FreeBSD also suits the growing area of embedded systems. Unlike Linux, FreeBSD does not require users to publicize any changes they make to the source code.

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This book: Details the many performance improvements in the virtual memory systemDescribes the new symmetric multiprocessor supportIncludes new sections on threads and their schedulingIntroduces the new jail facility to ease the hosting of multiple domainsUpdates information on networking and interprocess communication

About the Author

Marshall Kirk McKusick writes books and articles, consults, and teaches classes on UNIX- and BSD-related subjects. While at the University of California at Berkeley, he implemented the 4.2BSD fast file system, and was the research computer scientist at the Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) overseeing the development and release of 4.3BSD and 4.4BSD. He has twice served as the president of the board of the Usenix Association.

George V. Neville-Neil works on network and operating system code for fun and profit and teaches programming. He also serves on the editorial board of Queue magazine and is a member of the Usenix Association, ACM, and IEEE.

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Hardcover: 720 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (August 12, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201702452
ISBN-13: 978-0201702453
Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 1.7 x 9.6 inches
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Great book!

ByDustinon July 4, 2014

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This was the required material for my Operating Systems class. At first I didn't think much of the book as the first chapter was not particularly helpful. However, the later chapters are very good and contain a lot of good information on the overall implementation of the FreeBSD operating system. Having finished my Operating Systems class, I can say that this book was a great help.

I also think that its value extends past being a book on the FreeBSD Operating System. The kind of topics the book covers can be applied to other operating systems. It's actually one of the few textbooks that I fully intend to keep on my shelf.

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The BSD Book, But You Already Know That

ByGRONDon October 17, 2015

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If you're considering purchasing this book, then you probably don't need my input. You know what this is, and why you should get it. You also know that the new edition has landed.

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Five Stars

ByLohith Belladon August 7, 2015

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In depth book for FreeBSD developers

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anyone from Syracuse University Computer Science Department knew you cannot escape from it since Prof Chapin is still teaching .

Byzhang haichaoon April 15, 2013

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anyone from Syracuse University Computer Science Department knew you cannot escape from it since Prof Chapin is still teaching OS .

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Great book.

ByMTMama2010on May 23, 2013

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This book is helping me get more familiar with the internals of the kernel. Great book, I would buy it again.

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Fantastic Book

Byrdfon May 29, 2005

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Not only clearly delineates the design of FreeBSD itself, but also helps the reader understand how operating systems have changed in response to the demands imposed by networked file systems and multi-cpu hardware.

A must have.

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Best Linux book for advanced learners

Bygkumar3on November 29, 2007

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A very good book for those who want to learn advanced concepts in OS. Since it is a open source the book is very useful in understanding how they look like. The paper quality is too good, which makes u read non stop. i luv reading this book. Price worth it. A good buy.

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Had to use it for my operating systems class

ByIIon April 24, 2014

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This book was extremely difficult to read. The way that the book first describes a kernel, for example, is a part of the system that runs in protected mode. It's like when defining what a fish is, you say that it lives in the water and has got fins, instead of actually telling me what it IS. This book might be decent if you actually already know operating systems, but for someone to use it in a classroom is just cruel. Even my own OS professor said that when he had to use this book in college, he hurled it against the wall because it was so difficult to read (and why he would subject his students to the same torture is beyond me).

Operating systems in itself is not a difficult subject to learn; the trick is knowing definitions and where things are in an operating system. I ended up giving up reading on this book in favor of Wikipedia. To those of you who want to study operating systems on your own, I would strongly recommend against this book, as it would discourage most people. To those who had to buy this book for a class, I feel for you. My recommendation is: WIKIPEDIA. I studied off Wikipedia to understand general concepts (using the professor's lecture slides as guidelines to understand the scope of the class), and I ended up getting an A+ in the class.

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