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

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On 26/07/2019 16:14, Andrei M. wrote:
> чт, 25 июл. 2019 г. в 08:33, Germain Le Chapelain <germain%lanvaux.fr@localhost>:
> > There is a book litteraly called `NetBSD Internals' in the documentation section of the website:
> >
> >          http://netbsd.org/docs/internals/en/netbsd-internals.html
> >
> >
> > 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

What a wonderful selection of low-hanging fruit.  If I could work on 
more projects then this would certinaly be one.

As for the book by Bach.  I've read it and I thought it was excellent. 
But Tanenbaum's books on operating systems are /really/ where it's at 
for me ;-)

> > It's because this is one thing that drove me- or, more so, cemented me-to NetBSD: its perfect website ;) )

Germain, I felt and still feel exactly the same way.

Andrew
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