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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:14530 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4122 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!moocow.cs.uh.edu!wjin From: wjin@moocow.cs.uh.edu (Woody Jin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: WANTED: Kernel Hacking Guide for *BSD Date: 18 Nov 1994 16:47:07 GMT Organization: University of Houston Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3ailqb$o24@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <3ag92e$dg6@sulu.cldc.howard.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: moocow.cs.uh.edu Keywords: kernel In article <3ag92e$dg6@sulu.cldc.howard.edu>, Lismond T. Bernard <ltb@cldc.howard.edu> wrote: >Hello all, > >I would like to know where I can obtain documentation on the Kernel >structures of any of the Freeware BSD operating systems for Intel 80x86 >family. Specifically I am looking for information on: > Device Drivers > Filesystem management > System/Kernel level calls > Memory Management, Paging and Segments > >I have a similar document on the Linux kernel. >Some sources I have already looked at: In case of BSD, they had been published already. Even though they are outdated, they still useful. Book: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix OS by Leffler et al. Dr Dobb's Journal: 386BSD by Jolitzs And various articles published in other journals - some of them are included in 4.3 and 4.4 BSD manuals. Please read FAQ. It is explained in there. -- wj