2001-12-08 07:08:21

by Buddy Lumpkin

Subject: Where can a Solaris guy learn all about the linux kernel and device drivers?

Subject says it all, if I already know a UNIX flavor pretty well, can
someone point out a good place to learn about how Linux handles Kernel
Modules and device drivers?

Thanks in Advance,

--Buddy

2001-12-08 11:12:36

by Lionel Bouton

Subject: Re: Where can a Solaris guy learn all about the linux kernel and device drivers?

Buddy Lumpkin wrote:

>Subject says it all, if I already know a UNIX flavor pretty well, can
>someone point out a good place to learn about how Linux handles Kernel
>Modules and device drivers?
>
I began with:
http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/index.html
Weekly summaries of lklm and good links.

I'm told this is quiet good too:
http://www.kernelnewbies.org

--
Lionel Bouton

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"I wanted to be free. I opensourced my whole DNA code" Gyver, 1999.

2001-12-08 15:58:32

by Daniel Freedman

Subject: Re: Where can a Solaris guy learn all about the linux kernel and device drivers?

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001, Buddy Lumpkin wrote:
> Subject says it all, if I already know a UNIX flavor pretty well, can
> someone point out a good place to learn about how Linux handles Kernel
> Modules and device drivers?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
>
> --Buddy

Hi Buddy,

O'Reilly has two books of potential interest:

Understanding the Linux Kernel
Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati
O'Reilly & Associates, PAP edition, Published November 2000,
684 pages, u_inx_kernel, ISBN 0596000022
Linux Device Drivers, 2nd Edition
Alessandro Rubini, Jonathan Corbet
O'Reilly & Associates, 2nd edition, Published June 2001,
564 pages, ln_dv_dr_n_aa, ISBN 0596000081

Both are recently updated and contain at least 2.4pre information in
addition to 2.2 (and some 2.0).

Bookpool.com has always treated me very well and currently has a 43%
sale on O'Reilly titles.

HTH,
Daniel

--
Daniel A. Freedman
Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics
Department of Physics
Cornell University