Upcoming FreeBSD Kernel Internals Evening Course

The ``FreeBSD Kernel Internals: Data Structures, Algorithms, and Performance Tuning'' course is taught once every few years on a combination of Tuesday and Thursday nights starting in February and running through June at the historic Hillside Club at 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709 just three blocks north of the Berkeley campus once per week from 6:30PM to 10:00PM.

No evening courses are currently scheduled. It was last taught in the Spring of 2006. The scheduling of the next class will be determined by interest. Once 25 students have committed to take the class, it will once again be scheduled. You can register interest in taking the class here.
For those that do not live in the Bay Area, do not wish to wait until the course is next taught, or that are not generally free on (primarily) Thursday evenings, the class can also be purchased on video.

The syllabus for the evening class is as follows:

Week 1 - Introduction
        Kernel terminology
        Basic kernel services

Week 2 - Processes
        Process structure
        Process management
        Jails

Week 3 - Virtual Memory
        Scheduling
        Signals
        Virtual memory management

Week 4 - I/O Introduction
        Special files
        Terminal handling

Week 5 - Kernel I/O Structure
        Multiplexing I/O
        Autoconfiguration strategy
        Structure of a disk device driver

Week 6 - Filesystem Overview
        Filesystem services
        Block I/O system (buffer cache)
        Filesystem implementation

Week 7 - Filesystem Implementation
        Soft Updates and Snapshots
        Support for multiple filesystems
        Volume Management
        Network File System (NFS)

Week 8 - Interprocess Communication
        Concepts and terminology
        Basic IPC services
        Example use of IPC and network facilities

Week 9 - Networking Implementation
        System layers and interfaces
        Routing issues

Week 10 - Internet Protocols
        Transport Layer (IP)
        Network Layer (TCP)

Week 11 - System Tuning
        Performance measurement
        System tuning

Week 12 - Other Topics
        Crash dump analysis
        Security issues