must-have for professionals but has problems

Ok so here's the deal. The author misleads you in order to "simplify" things. This is a disservice because as a system programmer you have to know the real behavior, not somebody's watered down, easy to digest, but dangerously incorrect simplification. All other paths lead to kernel panic.

Unfortunately, it's a must-have because it covers some of Sun's modifications and extensions to the System V kernel.

My advice is that you first read "UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers" followed by "The Magic Garden Explained: The Internals of UNIX System V Release 4." Lastly, read this book, but if it disagrees with the books I recommend, ignore this book because you're probably being fed simplified rubbish.

Lastly, I have to mention that I found some sentences in the book that match word for word other sentences in "The Magic Garden Explained?"

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