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The Linux(R) Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures |
Author: Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez
Published: 2005-09-29 |
List price: $49.99
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As of: March 12th, 2010 05:02:04 PM
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Dull presentation, badly proofread
The views expressed in this review are based on the Filesystems chapter. The book has a very dull presentation style. Kernel structures are listed and the important lines in them are explained. The explanation lacks sufficient detail in a lot of places. It also suffers from redundant, obvious statements (conveying no information) in other places. I could also spot several mistakes; figures drawn wrong, text referring to something that is not present in the figure etc...
 typos abound
A good basic intro to the linux kernel, pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I bought this to act as a primer before delving into Understanding the Linux Kernel, which is a much deeper and difficult work, and it's proved very satisfactory.
The major problem I have is that it seems not to have been proofread AT ALL. I have found at least a typo a page on average, and not just punctuation and spelling mistakes. Using the wrong name for a function, referring the reader to the wrong figure, chapter or section, that kind of typo. The design of the book (notational conventions, typefaces, how they display varible names vs. code blocks vs. normal text, etc) is quite inconsistent at times.
All in all, a good read, and a great intro, but very inconsistent and error-ridden; prepare to read it with oversight.
 FINALLY
A book that steps through the important parts of the kernel and explains each point. Ive read other Linux kernel books before (ie: Oreillys Understanding the Linux kernel), and this book is by far the best read for the advanced user that has some programming experience and wants dive into tinkering around with the kernel.
Very easy to read, follow and understand. If you want to learn how Linux works, buy this book.
 Beginning Linux Guy...
This is a pretty solid book for beginners... as to the reviewer who disapointed that this "only scratched the surface", perhaps he should look up what the definition of a primer is ...
prim·er
2. A book that covers the basic elements of a subject.
Sample Chapter Disappointing
I didn't purchased the book yet. I downloaded the sample chapter "Scheduling and Kernel Syncronization" and found it quite disappointing.
1. Key to scheduling is its behaviour in multiprocessor system. You don't need a book to understand it's behaviour on a uniprocessor; kernel code itself is straight forward
2. Talks about spin locks without mentioning that they are mostly used (and needed) in multiprocessor system
3. Glaring erros like calling spin_lock_irqsave() and unlock by spin_unlock_irq()
The sample chapter should be the best chapter of the book. If this is the best chapter then the book is a disappointment.
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