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.

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 de...

Part I: Over view
Ch1: History and Goals
Ch2: Design Overview of FreeBSD
Ch3: Kernel Services
Part II: Processes
Ch4: Process Management
Ch5: Security
Ch6: Memory Management
Part III: I/OSystem
Ch7: I/O System Overview
Ch8: Devices
Ch9: The Fast Filesystem
Ch10: The Zettabyte Filesystem
Ch11: The Network Filesystem
Part IV: Interprocess Communication
Ch12: Interprocess Communication
Ch13: Network-Layer Protocols
Ch14: Transport-Layer Protocols
Part V: System Operation
Ch15: System Startup and Shutdown

Part I: Over view
Ch1: History and Goals
Ch2: Design Overview of FreeBSD
Ch3: Kernel Services
Part II: Processes
Ch4: Process Management
Ch5: Security
Ch6: Memory Management
Part III: I/OSystem
Ch7: I/O System Overview
Ch8: Devices
Ch9: The Fast Filesystem
Ch10: The Zettabyte Filesystem
Ch11: The Network Filesystem
Part IV: Interprocess Communication
Ch12: Interprocess Communication
Ch13: Network-Layer Protocols
Ch14: Transport-Layer Protocols
Part V: System Operation
Ch15:...