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| DATE | 2016-08-10 |
| FROM | John Chludzinski
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Are these books outdated?
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A copy of Robert Love's book can be had legit -at-
http://moodle2.insa-lyon.fr/pluginfile.php/16715/course/section/4469/Linux%20Kernel%20Development%203rd%20Edition%20-%20Love%20-%202010.pdf
It's based on the 2.6.30 kernel.
On 2016-08-10 13:46, Raul Piper wrote:
> Most of the books like Essential linux device drivers, Robert love
> kernel development,
> Linux device drivers by Rubini
> Most of the books are based on old kernels 2.2,2.6 etc
>
> I wanted to know hasnt the kernel evolved during these times and is it
> still good to design drivers based on that theory.Since device trees
> and possibly many other concepts would have evolved and obviously the
> apis related to them like _of_ apis for device tree parsing.
> Please comment- which book to be read or followed?
>
> On Sunday 7 August 2016, John Chludzinski
> wrote:
>
>> Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
>>
>> On 2016-07-14 07:01, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'm a full-time *nix C developer. I have a pretty good idea how
>>> operating systems work. Still I would like learn more about Linux
>>> internals in particular, write a few device drivers, maybe some
>>> patches to kernel itself, etc. Here are a few books I've found:
>>>
>>> * Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition (2010)
>>> * Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3rd Edition (2005)
>>> * Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition (2005)
>>>
>>> Could you tell me please, are these books considered worth reading
>> in
>>> year 2016 or they are completely out of date? Perhaps there are
>> some
>>> newer books and/or tutorials you could recommend?
>>
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