Re: netbsd : internals : bach book : good to start-off?

["Andrei M." <lingvofactory%gmail.com@localhost>]

чт, 25 июл. 2019 г. в 08:33, Germain Le Chapelain <germain%lanvaux.fr@localhost>:
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> On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:25:07 +0700
> Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> wrote:
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> >   | i know and fully acknowledge that i will have to work hard to understand
> >   | netbsd internals, and the currently, the only way to do so is by reading
> >   | the source, over and over again till i get comfortable with it.
> >
> > Yes, nothing beats that. and for NetBSD, as there is no book that
> > actually describes it (that I know of) that will, for many aspects,
> > be the only choice.
>
>
> There is a book litteraly called `NetBSD Internals' in the documentation section of the website:
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>         http://netbsd.org/docs/internals/en/netbsd-internals.html
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>
> Sounds like the best complement to the Bach, since it focuses on the implementation and extending NetBSD.

Far from being complete though:

3.3. Processes and threads creation
3.3.1. fork, clone, and pthread_create usage
XXX write me

3.3.2. Overview of fork code path
XXX write me

3.3.3. Overview of pthread_create code path
XXX write me

3.4. Processes and threads termination
3.4.1. exit, and pthread_exit usage
XXX write me

3.4.2. Overview of exit code path
XXX write me

3.4.3. Overview of pthread_exit code path
XXX write me

3.5. Signal delivery
3.5.1. Deciding what to do with a signal
XXX write me

etc etc


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> (I don't know why I get back to such old messages: I was checking for update on my thread, came across this one and felt like sharing,
> It's because this is one thing that drove me- or, more so, cemented me-to NetBSD: its perfect website ;) )
>
>
> --
> Germain
>