Solaris 2X : internals and architecture / John R. Graham.
By: Graham, John R.
Material type: BookSeries: J. Ranade workstation series: Publisher: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 1997Description: xv, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0079118763.Subject(s): Operating systems (Computers) | Solaris (Computer file)DDC classification: 005.4469Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 005.4469 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00069141 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A book/disk reference to Sun's Solaris 2.x operating system and its threads model, for software designers. Describes all major subsystems of the operating system, covering aspects such as basic kernel operation; virtual memory; process management; multi-processor design; and threads architecture. Appendices offer a tutorial for using adb; code and shell script examples; and a data structure summary. The disk contains source code. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Bibliography: (page 213) and index.
Part 1: Kernel Overview -- The Kernel as Resource Manager -- Solaris Kernel Architecture -- System Calls and Hardware Considerations -- Part 2: Thread Architecture -- Concepts and Theory of Operation -- Implementation of Thread Architecture -- Using Multithreaded Architecture -- Part 3: Memory Management -- Hardware Architecture -- Implementation of Virtual Memory -- Global Memory Management -- Part 4: Process Management -- Scheduling Concepts -- Scheduling Class and Process Lifetime Implementation -- Process Scheduling -- Real-time Programming -- Part 5: File System Management -- File System Architecture -- File Systems -- File System Operations -- Part 6: Solaris Network Architecture -- Network Implementation.