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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:16641 comp.org.usenix:5159 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.org.usenix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!hpax!brunner From: brunner@cup.hp.com (Eric Brunner Contra) Subject: Re: 4.4BSD Devil book? Sender: news@hpax (News Admin) Message-ID: <D9zGqw.KHK@cup.hp.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 00:44:56 GMT References: <3r2vbp$ql1@pub01.va.pubnix.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: hpwsky.cup.hp.com Organization: Hewlett-Packard Lines: 45 peter@va.pubnix.com (Peter H. Salus) writes: : In article <3r2ink$hgm@news.utdallas.edu>, : Glenn Vanderburg <glv@utdallas.edu> wrote: : >Michael Rogero Brown wrote: : >> : >> Andrew Gallatin (gallatin@cole.isds.duke.edu) wrote: : >> : Does anybody know when _The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD : >> : Unix Operating System_ book is due out? : >> : >> Is such a book planned?? : > : >Apparently so. The Winter 1995 issue of _Computing_Systems_ contained : >a paper on the 4.4BSD virtual filesystem interface, with this note: : > : > To appear in "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD : > Operating System", by Marshall Kirk McKusick, et. al., (c) 1995 by : > Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. : : : I know that a subset of the authors of the 4.3BSD : volume have signed a contract with Addison-Wesley. : I also know that Kirk McKusick (who should be : writing this response) is rafting on the Colorado : River. He may answer in due time. Is Sam not participating on this one? Also, are the non-CSRG contributors to new-in-4.4 functionality also not participating? I'd love to see a discussion of the Utah vm subsystem, the Toronto nfs-over-tcp, and anything Keith S would care to offer on netiso. Ditto Margo on JFS. : I put in the footnote at Kirk's request; the : wording was approved by A-W. My guess is that the : book will be out soon, but you might just check the : aw.com web page. : : Peter [managing editor, Computing Systems] : -- : ----------------------------------------------------------- : Peter H. Salus #3303 4 Longfellow Place Boston, MA 02114 : +1 617 723 3092 : ----------------------------------------------------------- -- Kitakitamatsinopowaw (I'll see you again) -- Eric Brunner