/joh'liks/ n.,adj. 386BSD
Started open source UNIX.
Appeared in part as a 17 article magazine series in 1991-1992.
Documented the "how, what, why, who, when" of porting BSD to the 386.
Done while BSD was becoming "open source".
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user address space: Virtual Address Space Layout386BSD executed programs with a virtual address similar to a VAX running UNIX. In February 1991, this changed so that the format of the process virtual address space memory usage could be arranged differently. Per-Process Data StructuresA UNIX legacy, the "u." or per-process data structure, which held the kernel-related data of a process, was present on 386BSD prior to February 1991. |