> Asher Glynn writes: > > Has anyone read a book on the Linux kernel that they would > recommend buying? > > Depending on what parts of the kernel you're interested in, > "Linux Device Drivers" (Rubini) and "Understanding the Linux Kernel" > (Bovet & Cesati), are worth reading. Both published by O'Reilly.
Second the recommendation. Both are good for getting the feel of what lives where and how the kernel code is constructed. The sections on the 2.4 environment are less complete, but it was a (rapidly) moving target at the time the books were last revised, so I wouldn't hold that against them. -- db
