On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 06:48:19PM +0100, sigsegv@rambler.ru wrote:
> Can anyone recommend any good books/articles/online resources, etc, 
> related to BSD kernel internals. I have a set of excellent books by 
> Richard Stevens on Unix system and network programming, which I use 
> extensively, however I would like to fully understand the lower 
> semantics of Unix, i.e. BSD kernel design/implementation. I know there 
> isn't a single book which describes everything there is to know about 
> operating systems design, but rather there are many books attributed to 
> specific topics, i.e. virtual memory, file systems, networking etc.
> 
> By the way I was searching on http://www.amazon.co.uk  in "Books 
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/browse/-/books/266239/ref=br_lr_/202-3619726-4661433> 
> > Subjects 
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/1025612/ref=br_lr_/202-3619726-4661433> 
> > *Computers & Internet"
> 
> Search on BSD brings up about 14 pages, there is a link to** "The Design 
> and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System" which seems like a 
> good book

There is a new version of this book coming out for FreeBSD soon (by
McKusick et al.).