jim@hoptoad.uucp (Jim Joyce) (01/27/89)
The Berkeley version of Bach's internals book is out, and it is quite good reading though not for OS beginners. The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman Addison-Wesley, 1989, $38.75 Contents (page length in parentheses) Part 1, Overview 1. History and Goals (16) 2. Design Overview of 4.3BSD (26) 3. Kernel Services (23) Part 2, Processes 4. Process Management (39) 5. Memory Management (57) Part 3, I/O System 6. I/O System Overview (18) 7. The Filesystem (37) 8. Device Drivers (33) 9. Terminal Handling (20) Part 4, Interprocess Communication 10. Interprocess Communication (30) 11. Network Communication (31) 12. Network Protocols (18) Part 5, System Operation 13. System Startup (19) Glossary (38) Index (21) Note: We have had 200 shipped to Usenix in San Diego -- e-mail: ...!{sun,lll-crg}!hoptoad!jim Snail: Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore 47 Potomac St SF, CA 94117 Bell: 415/626-7581