Linux Core Kernel Commentary: Guide to Insider's Knowledge on the Core Kernel of the Linux Code

Maxwell, Scott A.

ISBN 10: 1576104699 / ISBN 13: 9781576104699

Published by Coriolis Group, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linux Core Kernel Commentary: Guide to Insider's Knowledge on the Core Kernel of the Linux Code
• Publisher: Coriolis Group
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1576104699
• ISBN 13: 9781576104699
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The first 400 pages reproduce a selected subset of the Linux kernel source code. Maxwell, who writes software at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, then comments on the code, discussing in each chapter a different kernel subsystem or other logical group of functionality, such as system calls or memory management. The CD-ROM contains the source code plus linux 2.2.5, linux 2.2.10 and linux 2.3.12. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Scott Maxwell (Pasadena, CA) holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and English from East Carolina University.Since 1994, he has been a Unix software developer at the JetPropulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. He has used Unix since 1990 and Linux since early 1997.