This multi-faceted new handbook explains and demonstrates the essential internals of IBM's AIX.
UNIX-oriented programmers who develop operating systems, device drivers, etc., and applications programmers who need the AIX kernel to efficiently allocate and use system resources will find this book particularly valuable because it shows exactly how the AIX kernel is different from other major versions of UNIX; the AIX/PowerPC tie-in - a particularly strong market indicator for the future success of AIX and the programmers who know it; concepts behind the RISC System/6000; components of the AIX process image; the total virtual memory supported by AIX 3.2; process management of AIX Version 3; the AIX Version 3 journaled file system; generic aspects of file I/O with regard to disk files; specnodes, devnodes, and fifonodes new to AIX 3.2; interprocess communication; how to add AIX kernel extensions ... and more.
A road map to Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) Version 3 written for systems programmers and based on the author's training seminars offered through Kelly/Lloyd of Texas. The handbook details AIX Version 3 kernel and subsystems, components, and extensions, and techniques for synchronizing access to global kernel data structures, including code. Some of the particular illustrations deal with total virtual memory, process management, I/O disk files, interprocess communication, and the AIX/PowerPC tie-in. Lacks a bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
