The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of Unix System V Release 4: An Open Systems Design

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Summary: Very thorough but disconnected
Review: A very thorough discussion of Unix System V implementation. Covers almost everything you'd want to know. The biggest problem is that each topic/chapter is covered in isolation, with absolutely no reference to interactions between components. This can be very aggravating when try to determine relationships between, for example, the file system and memory management.

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Summary: Highly Precious Book for me
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Summary: Excellent book on UNIX internals.
Review: Excellent book on UNIX internals. Somewhat confusing at places. But still a good read for any CS student or programmer.

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Summary: Very accurate text; good reference book
Review: If you have ever looked for an illustrated AT&T manual on Unix internals you have just found one. Authors should be praised for the quality and accuracy of the information presented in the book. Very nice chapter on STREAMS. However, it can not be compared with one very fine text such as Bach's book on Unix internals.This one lacks the lucidity and sophistication to qualify as an outstanding reference on the subject . Poor paper and print quality a big minus. Overall, I do recommend this text as your second book on Unix.

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Summary: Very accurate text; good reference book
Review: If you have ever looked for an illustrated AT&T manual on Unix internals you have just found one. Authors should be praised for the quality and accuracy of the information presented in the book. Very nice chapter on STREAMS. However, it can not be compared with one very fine text such as Bach's book on Unix internals.This one lacks the lucidity and sophistication to qualify as an outstanding reference on the subject . Poor paper and print quality a big minus. Overall, I do recommend this text as your second book on Unix.

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Summary: Highly Precious Book
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Summary: A must-have for any Technical Library
Review: Needing to delve into crash dumps? Want to write robust device drivers? Do you *really* like kernel hacking? Does having a complete understanding of an operating system give you a competitive advantage? The Magic Garden Explained gives the how's and why's of SVR4 architecture in detail that I have found no-where else. Complete algorithms (in pseudo code) provide a glimpse into the elegance of the OS. This book should be read cover to cover once, then referenced countless times by any aspiring "guru".

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Summary: Good description of UNIX internals
Review: The book has in-depth coverage of SVR4 internals. The book is very good for UNIX system software programmers and also for UNIX systems support engineers. All topics are covered with almost all minute details. So the book is not for beginners to understand UNIX overview. This is the best book ever on SVR4 UNIX operating system internals.

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Summary: The Magic of UNIX is completely explained
Review: The entire UNIX OS is expalined in a cogent manner to be understood completely. For any serious kernel writers this book is a great assert to understand the mysterious kernel. Great book to keep in hand.

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Summary: The definitive guide for UNIX kernel developer
Review: The Magic Garden is so far the most comprehensive and in-depth discussion on the Unix Sys-V kernel. It discusses in-depth on how the new design of virtual memory works, in conjunction with the file system module. The authors include a lot of short source code pieces to illustrate the concept and present explanation in clear and concise language.