Preface
About the Authors
Part Ⅰ Overview
Chapter 1　History and Goals
1.1　History of the UNIX System
Origins
Research UNIX
AT&T UNIX System Ⅲ and System V
Berkeley Software Distributions
UNIX in the World
1.2　BSD and Other Systems
The Influence of the User Community
1.3　The Transition of BSD to Open Source
Networking Release
The Lawsuit
4.4BSD
4.4BSD-Lite Release
1.4　The FreeBSD Development Model
References

Chapter 2　Design Overview of FreeBSD
2.1　FreeBSD Facilities and the Kernel
The Kernel
2.2　Kernel Organization
2.3　Kernel Services
2.4　Process Management
Signals
Process Groups and Sessions
2.5　Memory Management
BSD Memory-Management Design Decisions
Memory Management Inside the Kernel
2.6 I/O System
Descriptors and I/O
Descriptor Management
Devices
Socket IPC
Scatter/Gather I/O
Multiple Filesystem Support
2.7　Devices
2.8 Filesystems
Filestores
2.9　Network Filesystem
2.10 Terminals
2.11 lnterprocess Communication
2.12 Network Communication
2.13 Network Implementation
2.14 System Operation
Exercises
References

Chapter 3　Kernel Services
3.1　Kernel Organization
System Processes
System Entry
Run-Tune Organization
Entry to the Kernel
Return from the Kernel
3.2 System Calls
Result Handling
Returning from a System Call
3.3 Traps and Interrupts
Traps
I/O Device Interrupts
Software Interrupts
3.4 Clock Interrupts
Statistics and Process Scheduling
Timeouts
3.5　Memory-Management Services
3.6　Tuning Services
Real Time
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Part Ⅱ Processes
Chapter 4　Process Management
Chapter 5　Memory Management

Part Ⅲ I/0 System
Chapter 6　I/O System Overview
Chapter 7 Devices
Chapter 8　Local Filesystems
Chapter 9　The Network Filesystem
Chapter 10 Terminal Handling

Part Ⅳ Interprocess Communication
Chapter 11 Interprocess Communication
Chapter 12 Network Commnnication
Chapter 13 Network Protocols

Part V System Operation
Chapter 14 Startup and Shutdown
Glossary
Index