Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

The book should be upgraded as the kernel was not 2.2 any longer for quite a while now.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

I have to reconozise that this book is in my opinion the best book about Kernel Programming. It is a pity that be far networking themes and other themes, for instance, memory management is so far of all the changes that have been produced in kernel 2.4. I wait that the two excelent coauthors of this book, launch a new release of Understanding.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

I have two other books on linux kernel. I wudn't say that this is the best of all three. But this book has done justice to its visioned objective.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

I have read about 2/3 of the book - specifically the first 1/3 and many topics after. I am still reading. This book is excellent for such a difficult and complex topic. It fills the gaps that the How-To's and online docs don't cover! For such a complex topic, the writing and editing is far above average - indeed, while I could make suggestions, more than likely they would only end up degrading the material upon implementation. The requirements are misleading, as in all technical books forward. I suggest most readers have some advanced C - by this I mean a true understanding of pointers, structures and linked lists, and also have some familiarity with x86 'kernel' mode. You should have an Intel data book, and perhaps Tanenbaums book on Operating System Theory handy (sorry O'Reilly, I didn't check your catalog). Like any technical book, plan at least 3 read thru's. I want to say - again - I am most impressed with the

writing and the editing (often, editors don't get proper pats-on-backs). In every OS book I've perused, they mention a program 'loader' and don't specify it. I've always wondered where Linux's 'loader' was. Now I know.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

I would classify it in the classic category of Bach.

This book is not for casual reading if you want to get

everything out of it. First install LXR on your system with the 2.2 kernel (Optionally 2.4 kernel can be indexed to give a diff). Some difficult to explain parts can be

walked through the code.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

This is the definitive book that has to be read by anyone trying out to understand kernel code. most of the chapters, althouh specific to linux explains in great detail many of the Operating System concepts(though specific to x86 arch only) .

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

one of the best books i 've come across . barring networking ,it gives the complete picture of the internals of the linub kernel.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

A good systematic approach, special emphasis on hardware keeping x86 in view is a good choice. I would like to know whether the authors have presentation slides based on this book. That would be excellent to support the slides I am preparing. Please let me know at the earliest.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

As a Linux newbie, I really found this book helpful, especially the source code listings at the end. Even though I don't yet understand it all, this book offers a practical pathway to grasping how the kernel works.

Comments about O'Reilly Media Understanding the Linux Kernel:

Undoubtedly, the best book on the linux kernel out there. Topics are clearly explained and organised. I really appreciate that many code examples are simplified to make them much more readable.

Anyway, don't just read the book pasively, but download the kernel, search the examples, study them with the book besides you. Don't expect to understand everything by the first look.

The book is based on kernel 2.2.x, with a paragraph at the end of every chapter explaining the changes in 2.4.x. I appreciate the book doesn't claim to cover the 2.4.x kernel, as some others do (just to find out, after buying them, that it's not true).

jaume