How to Write an Operating System
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How to Write an Operating System
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Re: How to Write an Operating System
#2Since each chapter does not link to the next (the zeroeth one does, but not the others), here's a link to the index:
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigops/roll_your_own/
Re: How to Write an Operating System
#3Cool
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#4See, this is why I dream of making FU money. So I can spend all my time doing stuff like that.
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#5Either I'm missing something or this tutorial is seriously lacking.
I'd much recommend Tannenbeum's classic text that covers implementing Minix: http://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Implementation-Prent...
But since this text is rather old, it doesn't have some of the later developments in OS. So for that additional material, I'd recommend his latest book to have at your side: http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Operating-Systems-Andrew-Tanenb...
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#6I took a class like this once except instead of i386 we implemented on 16-bit x86 so we had to fiddle with the stack and registers manually to switch kernel and user mode, or to switch processes. It was great fun despite a few eccentricities.
Re: How to Write an Operating System
#7See, this is why I dream of making FU money. So I can spend all my time doing stuff like that.
You mean like Linus?
Re: How to Write an Operating System
#8Either I'm missing something or this tutorial is seriously lacking. I'd much recommend Tannenbeum's classic text that covers implementing Minix: http://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Implementation-Prent... But since this text is rather old, it doesn't have some of the later developments in OS. So for that additional material, I'd recommend his latest book to have at your side: http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Operatin…
Actually, I'd recommend the latest version of OSDI, which is fairly recent, and contains the complete source for MINIX3 (in text form, and on CD): http://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Design-Implementatio...
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#9See, this is why I dream of making FU money. So I can spend all my time doing stuff like that.
Makes me wonder, can I make that money doing stuff like this? I know systems research is irrelevant and all that (Rob Pike)... AFAIK the last successful operating systems startup was VMware (is that true?). Does the world have place for more OS startups these days?
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#10See, this is why I dream of making FU money. So I can spend all my time doing stuff like that.
This was written by undergrads at ACM's UIUC. I went to school there.
You don't need FU money.