On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Alexandre Borges wrote: > All... > > Hi. The unique good books are: > > For concepts: > > Linux Kernel Development > author: Robert Love > ISBN: 0672329468 > > > For device drivers: > > Essencial Linux Device Drivers: > author: Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran > ISBN: 0132396556 > > > For specific Linux and hardware issues: > > Embedded Linux Primer > author: Christopher Hallinan > ISBN: 0137017839 i don't think anything prevents me from mentioning that there is a 2nd edition of chris' book coming out soon. i know this since i was one of the pre-publication reviewers, and it's already been mentioned elsewhere. so while this will discourage sales of the current edition, you might as well wait for the upcoming one. it's considerably better. > The rest is trash. All of them. LDD3 has three ou four good > chapters, but it's aged and, in my opinion, it apresents all the > information in way that is poorly organized. that might be a bit harsh but, upon reflection, you might be right -- no other books spring to mind as ones i'd immediately recommend. once any linux kernel book is more than a couple years old, its value has dropped dramatically. hang on ... i'd at least recommend greg kh's "linux kernel in a nutshell", which is available online here: http://kroah.com/lkn/ rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Top-notch, inexpensive online Linux/OSS/kernel courses http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
