Linux Kernel Internals
by
Beck, Harold Bohme, Mirko Dziadzka, Ulrich Kunitz, Robert Magnus, Michael Beck
Bk&Cd-Rom Edition
Paperback, 438 pages
Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co
Publication date: September 1, 1996
Dimensions (in inches): 9.15 x 6.73 x .95
Eduardo Pinheiro (edpin@unforgettable.com), 07/17/97, rating=7:
Good for those who know theory and wants to know practise.
This book is not concerned with too much theory.
It has a lot of code lines and a lot of informations on kernel programming. One should be used to all theory behind Operating Systems concept and PC hardware. The book fails to explain in greater detail some crucial informations. Some features and codific
ations are out of date, but the overall idea is explained. There are examples on implementing new features and they help a lot if one is planning on modifing the kernel. It is "must" to kernel hackers.
- Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. LINUX - the operating system
2. Compiling the kernel
3. Introduction to the kernel
4. Memory management
5. Inter-process communication
6. The LINUX file system
7. Device drivers under LINUX
8. Network implementation
9. Modules and debugging
Appendix A - System calls
Appendix B - Kernel-related commands
Appendix C - The Proc file system
Appendix D - The boot process
Appendix E - Useful kernel functions
References
Index
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