The Book Depository Understanding the Linux Kernel 3e by Daniel P Bovet
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Description: Understanding the Linux Kernel 3e : Paperback : O' Reilly Media : 9780596005658 : 0596005652 : 13 Dec 2005 : Covers Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which has seen significant changes to nearly every kernel subsystem, particularly in the areas of memory management and block devices. This book provides a guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems. The Book Depository Understanding the Linux Kernel 3e by Daniel P Bovet - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9780596005658
MPN: 0596005652
GTIN: 9780596005658
Author: R. Macdonald
Rating: 5
Review: This book really is exactly what it says, it will take you from linux poweruser/administrator to understanding the basics of the kernel, and getting that vital starting point in developing. I bought it some time ago for some background reading and found it a little bit too detailed for that, but am now studying it in more detail for a potential honuors project at university on linux file systems, which involves some kernel jiggery-pokery. Without this, I doubt I'd ever be able to get started. It explains big ideas in English, then goes on to explain the interesting parts in English, along with the tiny bit of C code it is describing. Well written and explains rarer generic things in an easily skippable way - for example there is a part of the kernel that uses double-linked-lists and the page before that explains them in a nice box, so that anybody who knew about them already (since they are a general topic and not specific to kernels) can skip it easily.
Author: mark sun
Rating: 3
Review: hope I can find time to finish it. It's informative for sure.
