On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:45:37 +0200, Christoffer Holmstedt said: > Thank you Nick, I'm just getting started with linux kernel development > and have been looking around for books both more general and specific > to networking. One thing in common several books I've found have is > that they are based on the 2.6 version of the kernel (or older). Some > parts have changed but are entire chapters in the above mentioned > books too old to make sense when working on version linux kernel 4.1 > and beyond? The details have changed. The basic concepts haven't. In fact, the *basic* concepts change so slowly that reading Bach's book on the SYSV kernel or McKusic & Liefler on the BSD kernel will teach you a lot. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that reading how *other* systems have solved the same issues is a Good Thing. Knowing just "Linux solved it this way" is one thing, but knowing "Linux solved it this way, but BSD took a different approach because X, and IBM's VM/SP did Y instead to avoid the issue entirely" is a whole different level of understanding.
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