Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition

Linux Kernel Development (2nd Edition)

Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

The Linux TCP/IP Stack: Networking for Embedded Systems (Networking Series) (Networking Series)

Building Embedded Linux Systems

Kernel And Peripherals

LINUX Kernal Internals

Format: Paperback
Author: Michael Beck
ReleaseDate: 15 July, 1996
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Rating:

Great intro to Linux internals
The book briefly explains the OS concepts, such as semaphores, virtual memory, etc. I found the explanations in this book to be very clear, giving enough detail for a good head start into Linux internals., followed by an overview of how each is implemented in Linux, and code snippets.

Most of the code snippets are simplified for readability, which I found useful because the hacks can be distracting (scary, too) for a beginner. Detailed and up-to-date information can best be obtained from source code itself.

The book assumes some familiarity with Unix concepts, as it mentions such buzzwords as POSIX, BSD, and SVR4 in the context of the discussions, but one could safely ignore them, and just concentrate on the Linux part.

The book briefly covers adding new system calls, compilinag and debugging the kernel, and even shows how to write a simple device driver - these are hard to find in one place.

Overall, I found this book to be very useful for my self-paced study (the best so far), and I only wish they had a newer edition.

A liitle out-date, but still a good book for OS concepts
0 kernels. This book is a little outdated today as it covers the older 2. If you are reading this book and following it up on a 2. 4 kernel you will find many changes. The book does contain the source code of the reference kernel it is written on.

I suppose its time a new updated edition is published.

However the commentry on a older kernel does not reduce the value of this book. It is a good book to understand the OS concepts as applied to Linux kernel. This book can be a good companion to Silberschatz/Galvin's "Operating Systems Concept" in a college course.

Another value of this book is purely historical, in case someone desires to compare older and newer kernels with a high-level view.

Not recommended for educational purpose
Some of the concepts are so vague because of the POOR English tone. This book is lacked of organization.