This isn't the answer to the original question, but if  you like that type of decomposition of OS, xv6 is a good one:

https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/xv6/book-rev8.pdf


On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Brantley Coile <brantleycoile@me.com> wrote:
I think he meant the Plan 9 Lion’s commentary, not the Sixth Edition one.

> On Oct 1, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 1 October 2015 at 14:43, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 October 2015 at 13:06, Mark Bucciarelli <mkbucc@gmail.com> wrote:
> By the way, is there any version of the John Lyons
> notes on Plan 9 from 1989?  They Lyons books says
> circulation was restricted to distribution Bell Labs.
> There are two books mentioned:
>
> It's on Amazon:
>
> And it's also off Amazon: http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/Lions/