Linux Kernel Programming: Algorithms and Structures of Version 2.4 - Softcover

Beck, Michael; Bohme, Harald; Dziadzka, Mirko; Kunitz, Ulrich; Magnus, Robert; Schroter, Claus; Verworner, Dirk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201719754 ISBN 13: 9780201719758

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2002

Synopsis

Explains the inner mechanisms of Linux from process scheduling to memory management and file systems. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Beck is the director of software development for the DResearch Digital Media Systems GmbH.  Harold Boehme teaches computer science at Humboldt University.  Ulrich Kunitz is a software project manager for Internet Banking Solutions.  Claus Schroeter works in the Chemie.De information service.

From the Back Cover

From the Second Edition:
"If you intend to write kernel code or a kernel module, or just want to know how the kernel of a Linux system works, this book is an excellent source of information... I highly recommend this book for anyone who is serious about writing code or who wants to know what is in the Linux kernel."
-- Phil Hughes, Linux Journal

Since the introduction of Linux version 1.2 in March 1995, the reliability and flexibility of this free operating system has attracted a vast community of programmers from all over the world. Now at version 2.4, Linux is being successfully employed in commercial software development by internet providers and in research and teaching.

As the acknowledged leading reference on the subject, this third edition of Linux Kernel Programming is for anyone who requires a deeper understanding of the operating system. It explains the technology internals of the successful Linux OS, including:

• memory management
• the virtual file system switch
• Linux device drivers
• inter-process communication
• networking

This third edition of Linux Kernel Programming:

• has been thoroughly updated throughout to cover Linux 2.4
• tells you all you need to know about the structure of the kernel, the heart of the Linux operating system.

The accompanying CD-ROM contains the Linux Kernel version 2.4.4, plus sources from other programs and documents from the Linux Documentation Project.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201719754
• ISBN 13: 9780201719758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496