Computer Science · Operating Systems
Device Drivers & I/O
A topic within Operating Systems, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
Reading for Operating Systems
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Primary sources and full treatments.
- BookThe Design of the UNIX Operating SystemMaurice J. Bach, 1986
Walks through the UNIX kernel — file system, process control, I/O — as one coherent design rather than a pile of system calls.