Re: "Scheduling while atomic"

[Erik Wikström <erik-wikstrom@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-11-21 00:11, walt wrote:
> What I really need/want, I guess, is a kernel-hacking-for-dummies
> handbook so that I can understand the problems, at least, even if
> I can't contribute any solutions.

I would recommend that you find yourself a book about operating systems 
in general and read through, then you'll get at least an overview of 
what the different parts do, how they work together and how they work. 
After that, if you still want to learn more, you can get The Design and 
Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System. While FreeBSD is quite 
different from DF in many places it still gives a deeper understanding 
of many of the common concepts.

I've read (most parts of) Operating Systems by Stallings, and Operating 
System Concepts by Silberschatz, Galvin & Gagne. I don't know if they 
are particularly good or bad, Andrew Tanenbaum has also written some 
book or two on the subject.

Oh, and keep asking questions, I want the answers too. :-)

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Erik Wikström