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The kern directory holds the core functionality of FreeBSD:
system startup, core system calls and syscall dispatching, process
management, scheduling, signals, file descriptors, top-level filesystem
code, interprocess communication and terminal handling.
The 4.3BSD Internals book by Leffler, McKusick, Karels and Quarterman
covers kern in:
- Chapter 2, pp 19-42 Overview of the Kernel.
- Chapter 3, pp 43-66 Kernel Services.
- Chapter 4, pp 69-108 Process Management.
- Chapter 6, pp 169-186 I/O System Overview.
- Chapter 9, pp 259-278 Terminal Handling.
- Chapter 10, pp 281-309 Interprocess Communication.
- Chapter 13, pp 393-411 System Startup.
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