El Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 02:24:16PM -0400 Robert P. J. Day ha dit: > 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. i agree, i neither see it as a defect, rather as a welcome complement to the above mentioned books (and others) that fills a hole about driver specific details. -- Matthias Kaehlcke Embedded Linux Engineer Barcelona The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all (Alexander Solzhenitsyn) .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
