On Mon, 11 Aug 2008, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > El Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:25:51PM -0400 Robert P. J. Day ha dit: > > > just picked up a copy of: > > > > http://elinuxdd.com/index.html > > > > and about to read it cover to cover. anyone else already been > > down that road? thoughts? > > i bought it a couple of months ago and am working myself through it. > imo it is a book for people who already have knowledge about basic > kernel mechanisms like synchronization, process management, page > cache, ... and want to dig deeper in driver specific issues. the > book introduces most of the basic stuff, but i think if i was a > complete newbie i'd be rather confused. i would recommend to read it > after having worked through "Linux Device Drivers" and optionally > "Linux Kernel Development". the book contains a lot of useful > information about subsystems (pci, usb, net, wifi, ...) and driver > implementation. that's the impression i got, but i don't think that's an actual fault of the book. in fact, the author makes clear in the preface, under "Audience", that it's not a beginner-level book for kernel newbies, but more for folks who already have a good grip on kernel fundamentals. so, in that sense, it's perfectly honest about it. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: Have classroom, will lecture. http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
