Operating system design
by Douglas Comer · first published 2011
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Operating System Design: Internet Working With Xinu by Douglas Comer (1987) is a nice explanation with lots of C code of how to add a networking stack to an operating system, in this case his educational unix-inspired XINU.
on “Let's code a TCP/IP stack, 1: Ethernet & ARP (2016)” ↗I started a toy OS years ago based on the book Operating System Design by Douglas Comer. Personally I just couldn't get excited about anything that didn't run on real hardware, so I made mine for Raspberry Pi. Is there any real hardware that this could run on? Looking…
on “Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro” ↗