>>>>> "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
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