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Re: linux kernel book review?
I am getting that book tomorrow too. Makes sure you get the 2nd
edition. I am also reading another 2 books. Operating Systems with Linux
by John O'gorman (Palgrave) and Linux Internals by Moshe Bar. Moshe's
book is more technical and I find it quite useful.
<quote who="devnetfs">
> Thanks Vladimir for your info. I think I will buy the book.
>
> Regards,
> A.
>
> --- "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vladimir@bach.leonora.org> wrote:
> > >>>>> "d" == devnetfs <devnetfs@yahoo.com> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > > Has anybody read the 2nd Edition of the book: "Understanding the
> > Linux
> > > Kernel" by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati? Is it worth a buy?
> >
> > > I have the 1st edition. Was wondering if this new edition also
> > has
> > > any details of upcomming 2.5 kernel (as the 1st edition has
> > details
> > > about 2.4)?
> >
> > I bought it because it is updated through 2.4.18. No mention of 2.5
> > that
> > I've seen.
> >
> > For a newbie, it is indispensable. I wouldn't know where to start
> > otherwise. I'd give it four (out of five) stars. My only complaint is
> > that I think it's shy on diagrams which I think help a lot. (A
> > picture
> > is worth yada yada...)
> >
> > From the book's preface:
> >
> > So we had to make some choices about the parts to describe. This
> > is a
> > rough assessment of our decisions:
> >
> > * We describe process and memory management fairly thoroughly.
> > * We cover the Virtual File System and the Ext2 and Ext3
> > filesystems, although many functions are just mentioned
> > without
> > detailing the code; we do not discuss other filesystems
> > suppported by Linux.
> > * We describe device drivers, which account for a good part of
> > the
> > kernel, as fas as the kernel interface is concerned, but do
> > not
> > attempt analysis of each specific driver, including the
> > terminal
> > drivers.
> > * We cover the inner layers of networking in a rather sketchy
> > ways,
> > since this area deserves a whole new book by itself.
> >
> > --- Vladimir
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Vladimir G. Ivanovic
> > http://leonora.org/~vladimir
> > 2770 Cowper St.
> > vladimir@acm.org
> > Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678
> > 8014
> >
> > The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne. -- Chaucer
>
>
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