Nishant, looks like you are mentioning about the "Professional Linux Kernel Architecture" book but I guess here Pedro, Robert are talking about TCP/IP book.
BTW, you can find an online version of "Professional Linux Kernel...." book from this location... < http://www.funkytype.com/ebooks-magazine/ebooks%10magazine/professional-linux-kernel-architecture,-wrox-ebook-200812113073/> to take a look around at the content. :) On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Nishant Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > Here a snippet from Chapter 1 (introduction) : > " > When the first edition of this book was written, a schedule for kernel > releases was more or less nonexistent. > This has changed drastically during the development of kernel 2.6, and as I > discuss in Appendix F, > kernel developers have become pretty good at issuing new releases at > periodic, predictable intervals. I > have focused on kernel 2.6.24, but have also included some references to > 2.6.25 and 2.6.26, which were > released after this book was written but before all technical publishing > steps had been completed. Since a > number of comprehensive changes to the whole kernel have been merged into > 2.6.24, picking this release > as the target seems a good choice. While a detail here or there will have > changed in more recent kernel > versions as compared to the code discussed in this book, the big picture > will remain the same for quite > some time. " > > So I guess it does cover 2.6 series. References also refer to > 'Understanding Linux Kernel 3rd Ed", so maybe you guys need to check. > > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Pedro Roure Malta de Sa < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree. But I'm only asking this because the table of contents of the >> book has the following item: >> >> "1.2 Source Code Organization for Linux 2.4.20" >> >> This is the source of my doubt. If the book covers the 2.6 kernel series, >> why the above item is in the table of contents ? At amazon.com page ( in >> Production Description ) there is nothing about what kernel series the book >> covers and since there is no customers reviews yet, I'm still in doubt about >> what kernel series the book covers. >> >> >> >> 2009/1/4 Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> >> >> On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, Pedro Roure Malta de Sa wrote: >>> >>> > Anybody knows if this book, about TCP/IP stack implementation in Linux, >>> covers 2.6 >>> > or 2.4 kernel series ? >>> > >>> > 2009/1/4 Denis Kirjanov <[email protected]> >>> > I have a copy. It's well, but too big) >>> > >>> > Recently was published book about TCP/IP stack implementation in >>> Linux: >>> > >>> > >>> http://www.amazon.com/Architecture-Design-Implementation-Linux-Practitioners/dp/047 >>> > 0147733/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231089656&sr=8-3 >>> > I think that the book should be good. >>> > >>> >>> since that book is listed as copyright 2008, it would be ridiculous >>> if it was based on the 2.4 kernel. >>> >>> rday >>> -- >>> >>> ======================================================================== >>> Robert P. J. Day >>> Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: >>> Have classroom, will lecture. >>> >>> http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA >>> ======================================================================== >>> >> >> > -- Gaurav Aggarwal Eddie Izzard - "I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from."
