Re: design and implementation ?

[Raphael Marmier <raphael@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'd like to get an understanding of the inner architecture of
> > DragonFlyBSD (i'm a kernel newbie, sort of).
> > Is reading "Design and Implementation of FreeBSD system" worth it,
> > considering it is based on FBSD 5, and DFly derives from v 4 ?
> > Or should I go with the previous "Design and Implementation of 4.4" ?
> >
> > Problem is to make relationships between classical, former orientations
> > and actual implementation of DFLy...
> > (Reading the source code without orientation seems daunting...)
> >
> > Or any other pointers ?
>
>
> Even FreeBSD-4 had diverged some from 4.4BSD, which the earlier edition of
> the book is based on, so there will be some changes.
>
> You may want to check at your local library system or university libraries
> - there may be an edition of the "Design and Implementation..." book
> there, and browsing it that way may answer your question for you.  It'll
> certainly be cheaper!
>
> You could always jump in the deep end, so to speak, and dive into the
> DragonFly code, and see what you can puzzle out from the comments and code
> there.  That's a hard road, though.

I suppose you may find this document helpfull:
http://63.249.85.132/kern_code_walk.htm

cheers

Raphael