OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSE [SPRING 2006]: LITERATURE

Main, mandatory texts

• A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin, "Operating System Concepts". [NB: the Amazon link points to the latest, 6th edition, earlier editions available at the University library will also do; I use the 5th edition myself.]
• A. S. Tanenbaum, "Modern Operating Systems".

Supplementary, useful

• D. A. Patterson, J. L. Hennessy, "Computer Organization and Design".
• J. L. Hennessy, D. A. Patterson, "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach".
• W. R. Stevens, "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment".

Potentially useful for the project

• R. Love, "Linux Kernel Development".
• J. Corbet, A. Rubini, G. Kroah-Hartmann, "Linux Device Drivers". [NB: there is also an online version.]

Code

• Cross-referenced source code of various versions of the Linux operating system

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