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The Linux® Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures

The Linux® Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures

Author(s):
  • Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez
  • Gordon Fischer
  • Steven Smolski
    • Author: Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez
    • ISBN:9788131701478
    • Price: Rs. 425.00
    • Pages:644
    • Imprint:PH PTR
    • Binding:Paperback
    • Status:Not Available


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    The Linux® Kernel Primer is the definitive guide to Linux kernel programming. The authors' unique top-down approach makes kernel programming easier to understand by systematically tracing functionality from user space into the kernel and carefully associating kernel internals with user-level programming fundamentals. Their approach helps you build on what you already know about Linux, gaining a deep understanding of how the kernel works and how its elements fit together.

    Table of Content

    1. Exploration Toolkit.
    2. Processes: The Principal Model of Execution.
    3. Memory Management.
    4. Input/Output.
    5. Filesystems.
    6. Scheduling and Kernel Synchronization.
    7. Booting the Kernel.
    8. Building the Linux Kernel.
    9. Adding Your Code to the Kernel.

    Salient Features

    • PowerPC is developing at a furious rate making this a timely book
    • Top-down approach traces functionality from user space into the kernel; covers the kernel build system
    • A guide of the necessary tools a developer needs to be able to understand and manipulate the source code
    • Forward by Andrew Morton, renowned Linux Kernel Hacker, number 2 in Linux community after Linus Torvald himself.