OpenSolaris

Developer Documentation

Developer Information Resources

• OpenSolaris Information Center
• OpenSolaris Information Resources wiki: Developer Information
• Software Developer Information Resources
  Systems / ON Development
• Building and testing ON on the OpenSolaris Distribution
• OpenSolaris Developer's Reference Guide
• OpenSolaris Development Process
• Solaris Internals web site, including ZFS, Zones, DTrace, and more
• Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture; Jim Mauro, Richard McDougall; Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition; July 20, 2006; ISBN: 978-0131482098
• Solaris Performance and Tools: DTrace and MDB Techniques for Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris; Richard McDougall, Jim Mauro, Brendan Gregg; Prentice Hall PTR; July 30, 2006; ISBN: 978-0131568198
• OpenSolaris Bible; Nicholas A. Solter, Jerry Jelinek, David Miner; Wiley; February 3, 2009; ISBN: 978-0470385487
• Pro OpenSolaris; Harry Foxwell, Christine Tran; Apress; April 29, 2009; ISBN: 978-1-4302-1891-3
• Solaris Application Programming; Darryl Gove; Prentice Hall PTR; January 6, 2008; ISBN: 978-0138134556
• Solaris Systems Programming; Rich Teer; Prentice Hall PTR; August 29, 2004; ISBN: 978-0768682236
• DTrace Quick Reference Guide
• MDB Tips and Tricks, including MDB Cheatsheet
• Crashdump Analysis; Frank Hofmann; 2005
• "A Comparison of Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD Kernels", Max Bruning, October 14, 2005
  Sun Documentation Collections
• OpenSolaris System Administrator Collection
• OpenSolaris Software Developer Collection
• OpenSolaris Reference Manual Collection
• Sun Studio on SDN (Sun Developer Network), including documentation and code samples