From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5bcf30769d6d9599 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-29 09:17:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!btnet-peer!btnet-peer0!btnet!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "chris.danx" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <20010829113230.0ae3febd.tonygair@blueyonder.co.uk> <9miteo$t7r$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9mj1l3$1mn$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: ADA os talk X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:11:44 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.253.12.92 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 999101519 62.253.12.92 (Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:11:59 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:11:59 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12558 Date: 2001-08-29T17:11:44+01:00 List-Id: > Maybe the best strategy would be to identify someone's OS college text as > the starting point. If they describe some set of OS's in sufficient detail, > it would be a matter of saying "We need to implement chapters 3, 7 and 12 of > this text." The basic requirements would thus be done and a good part of the > design work is right there. Any suggested books? Operating Systems: Design and Implementation by Tanenbaum and Woodhull It describes the design of Minix, though I couldn't say if it's got any multi-processor capability. Probably not a good idea though. Chris