The Linux Kernel Primer A Top-Down Approach for X86 and PowerPC Architectures |
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| Author:
| Rodriguez, Claudia Salzberg
Fischer, Gordon
Smolski, Steven |
| Series title: | Pearson Open Source Software Development Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-13-118163-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
| Publisher: | Prentice Hall PTR
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Top Reasons people will buy this book:
-Covers Linux on PPC
-Top-down approach traces functionality from user space into the kernel
-Lots of code commentary and examples. It walks you through the actual
source code implementation.
-Side by side comparison of x86 and PPC
-Hands on Examples and Projects
-Covers the kernel build system.
The "Linux Kernel Primer" offers a comprehensive view of the underpinnings
of the Linux...
More Description
Top Reasons people will buy this book:
-Covers Linux on PPC
-Top-down approach traces functionality from user space into the kernel
-Lots of code commentary and examples. It walks you through the actual
source code implementation.
-Side by side comparison of x86 and PPC
-Hands on Examples and Projects
-Covers the kernel build system.
The "Linux Kernel Primer" offers a comprehensive view of the underpinnings
of the Linux kernel. This book starts with a guide of the necessary tools a
developer needs to be able to understand and manipulate the source code
including cryptic programming fundamentals found throughout the kernel
code. It then follows up with an in depth analysis of the major subsystems
including process management, memory management, scheduling, I/O, and
filesystems. This book also provides information necessary to get started
developing on the Linux kernel. The specifics of Intel and PowerPC
architecture implementations are covered side by side providing perspective on
architecture specific features and how Linux make use of them.
Similar in approach to Kernighan's "Practice of Programming" 020161586X