作者：Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez, Gordon Fischer, Steven Smolski
副书名：A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures
出版日期：September 2005
出版社：Prentice Hall
页数：648
ISBN：0131181637
文件格式：CHM


TopReasons people will buy this book: -Covers Linux on PPC -Top-downapproach traces functionality from user space into the kernel -Lots ofcode commentary and examples. It walks you through the actual sourcecode implementation. -Side by side comparison of x86 and PPC -Hands onExamples and Projects -Covers the kernel build system. The “LinuxKernel Primer” offers a comprehensive view of the underpinnings of theLinux kernel. This book starts with a guide of the necessary tools adeveloper needs to be able to understand and manipulate the source codeincluding cryptic programming fundamentals found throughout the kernelcode. It then follows up with an in depth analysis of the majorsubsystems including process management, memory management, scheduling,I/O, and filesystems. This book also provides information necessary toget started developing on the Linux kernel. The specifics of Intel andPowerPC architecture implementations are covered side by side providingperspective on architecture specific features and how Linux make use ofthem. Similar in approach to Kernighan’s “Practice of Programming”020161586X