The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System — Marshall Kirk McKusick et al. (2015)

Book Description

This book contains comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of the FreeBSD open-source operating system. Coverage includes the capabilities of the system; how to effectively and efficiently interface to the system; how to maintain, tune, and configure the operating system; and how to extend and enhance 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, this book can be used as an operating systems textbook, a practical reference, or an in-depth study of a contemporary, portable, open-source operating system. — Provided by publisher.

Book Details

• Author: Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil
• Publisher: Pearson
• Published Date: 2015
• Published Year: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN-13: 9780321680051