http://www.osnews.com/story/5055/Book_Review_Linux_Kernel_Development Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:21:32 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? looks like a good read Thu, 06 Nov 2003 05:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? It is indeed an excellent read. This book is my first exposure to kernel development, therefore, I did have to re-read several chapters a few times. One of the the things that made this book special to me is the fact that its based on the latest series of the kernel as opposed to the 2.4 series which most kernel books are based on. I highly suggest this book to anyone that wants to get into kernel development. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 06:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Actually I could use a book that covers X Windows and describes how to build a toolkit. The reason for this is because I think that QT sucks and GTK+ sucks, and I would like to Toolkit based on Standard C++.

I can't find an accessible reference for the modern xlib except for an old reference on Orielly, but I'm not sure if it is dated.

I have heard of Gtkmm however the documentation basically sucks so there is not solution, I would have to build my own GUI library. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 07:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Off topic, flame bait and no damned subject. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 07:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Doesn't seem to be much judging from the contents. But I suspect that that is whole 'nother book. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? So far the 80 pages of the book I've read have been well written. I read the book with thought, and it was surprisingly easy to grasp the message. IMO, Linux Device Drivers book (see O'reilly) is not written as well, though it's a good read too. I would recommend this book for everyone interested in kernel mechanisms, not just people into Linux. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? i bought it (online is cheaper than most real shops) - and its very nice... very clear and very easy to digest... a gentle slide into the more diffilcult areas....

i would have liked more illustrative source code perhaps as a CDROM or at the end of the chapters or appendizx... i would have really loved a chepter on writing modules and drivers... modules and drivers which touch different parts of teh kernel... not just the sdtandard "netfilter hook".

but a good book - and the best i currentrlty have on the kernel. also teh 4.4BSD design of book by mcKusick is excellent.

t Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? What is a good book/tutorial for writing drivers/modules for Linux? Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Here it is, it is free and online:
http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/
Unfortunately, that book is from 2001 though, this is why I also wanted Robert's book to feature some info about driver writing for the 2.6 kernel. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? For device driver in 2.6, probably this one is what you really want:

http://lwn.net/Articles/driver-porting/

and it is free. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Thanks guys. BTW, Eugenia, thank you for all your journalism. I'm a regular here and I always enjoy your level-headed reviews and comments. Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Looks like Eugenia's lookin' to move on up to real programming, not that silly GUI stuff. Soon she'll be critiquing operating system models and coding styles of Kernel Hackers! Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? i loved this book and thought it was amazing. i definitely recommend it. Fri, 07 Nov 2003 19:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments