Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition) (Novell Press) | Robert Love

Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition) (Novell Press) | Robert Love | Excellent Book

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Linux Kernel Devel...

	Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition) (Novell Press) Robert Love Novell Press, 2005 - 432 pages average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Linux kernel is one of the most important and far-reaching open-source projects. That is why Novell Press is excited to bring you the second edition of Linux Kernel Development, Robert Love's widely acclaimed insider's look at the Linux kernel. This authoritative, practical guide helps developers better understand the Linux kernel through updated coverage of all the major subsystems as well as new features associated with the Linux 2.6 kernel. You'll be able to take an in-depth look at Linux kernel from both a theoretical and an applied perspective as you cover a wide range of topics, including algorithms, system call interface, paging strategies and kernel synchronization. Get the top information right from the source in Linux Kernel Development.

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Primer for transitioners to Linux

Excellent book for Linux rampups(esp with years on other OS'es).
A flowing style that explains effortlessly about scheduler, slabs, dentry.

In Chap 12, it would be nice to have filesys comparison in table format(e.g. Reiser, ext3, jfs wrt performance, journalling), although this strictly is not kernel.
Chap 18(Debugging) could also be more polluted with real life tools info, e.g Kprobes, LTT, lcrash or LKCD or the coolest toy on sourceforge)

Overall, money very well spent on this book.

Excellent Book

I heartily recommend this book to anyone doing Linux Kernel or Kernel module development. Although the Modules chapter could be expanded upon, the rest of the book gives excellent insight into the workings of the 2.6 Kernel. Also, the three appendices provide good examples and additional information. This book has provided invaluable information for completing and documenting a complex project I've been working on.

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Very impressed.

Hi,
eveything is good,
the price, the shipment, and the time to delivery.
very impressed.
Thanks,
Sridhar

Perfect Book

This book is just great! I've been reading linux kernel source codes for a while and this book put all things together.

Excellent book and easy to read

Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition) is a great book. It is written in as easy a style as possible for a topic as technical as the internal details of the Linux kernel. If you are someone with some programming experience who wants to learn how the Linux kernel works, this is a great place to start.

The book goes into good detail for pretty much all of the main tasks the kernel performs. It includes simple code examples, with easy to understand explanations. If you need a book that goes line by line through the kernel... this is not for you. But, if you need a book that explains the basics thoroughly, but doesn't bore you to death with detail after detail, then buy this book already.

Note: This book covers up to 2.6.10, which is starting to get a bit old. 2.6.26 is current as of this review, so some of this info is out of date, but still is helpful.

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