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3 Index of Further Kernel Documentation !! 3 Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the Linux Kernel
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5 5
6 The need for a document like this one became a !! 6 Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche <jmseyas@dit.upm.es>
7 mailing list as the same questions, asking for !! 7
8 appeared again and again. !! 8 The need for a document like this one became apparent in the
9 !! 9 linux-kernel mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers
10 Fortunately, as more and more people get to GN !! 10 to information, appeared again and again.
11 interested in the Kernel. But reading the sour !! 11
12 is easy to understand the code, but miss the c !! 12 Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more
13 design decisions behind this code. !! 13 get interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always
14 !! 14 enough. It is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the
15 Unfortunately, not many documents are availabl !! 15 philosophy and design decisions behind this code.
16 And, even if they exist, there was no "well-kn !! 16
17 of them. These lines try to cover this lack. !! 17 Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to
>> 18 start. And, even if they exist, there was no "well-known" place which
>> 19 kept track of them. These lines try to cover this lack. All documents
>> 20 available on line known by the author are listed, while some reference
>> 21 books are also mentioned.
18 22
19 PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here 23 PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here or write a new document,
20 include a reference to it here, following the !! 24 send me an e-mail, and I'll include a reference to it here. Any
21 process. Any corrections, ideas or comments ar !! 25 corrections, ideas or comments are also welcomed.
>> 26
>> 27 The papers that follow are listed in no particular order. All are
>> 28 cataloged with the following fields: the document's "Title", the
>> 29 "Author"/s, the "URL" where they can be found, some "Keywords" helpful
>> 30 when searching for specific topics, and a brief "Description" of the
>> 31 Document.
22 32
23 All documents are cataloged with the following !! 33 Enjoy!
24 "Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they <<
25 helpful when searching for specific topics, an <<
26 the Document. <<
27 34
28 .. note:: 35 .. note::
29 36
30 The documents on each section of this docum 37 The documents on each section of this document are ordered by its
31 published date, from the newest to the olde !! 38 published date, from the newest to the oldest.
32 periodically retire resources as they becom <<
33 the exception of foundational books. <<
34 39
35 Docs at the Linux Kernel tree 40 Docs at the Linux Kernel tree
36 ----------------------------- 41 -----------------------------
37 42
38 The Sphinx books should be built with ``make { 43 The Sphinx books should be built with ``make {htmldocs | pdfdocs | epubdocs}``.
39 44
40 * Name: **linux/Documentation** 45 * Name: **linux/Documentation**
41 46
42 :Author: Many. 47 :Author: Many.
43 :Location: Documentation/ 48 :Location: Documentation/
44 :Keywords: text files, Sphinx. 49 :Keywords: text files, Sphinx.
45 :Description: Documentation that comes w 50 :Description: Documentation that comes with the kernel sources,
46 inside the Documentation directory. So 51 inside the Documentation directory. Some pages from this document
47 (including this document itself) have 52 (including this document itself) have been moved there, and might
48 be more up to date than the web versio 53 be more up to date than the web version.
49 54
50 On-line docs 55 On-line docs
51 ------------ 56 ------------
52 57
53 * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Gloss 58 * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary**
54 59
55 :Author: various 60 :Author: various
56 :URL: https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGl 61 :URL: https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGlossary
57 :Date: rolling version 62 :Date: rolling version
58 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel 63 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
59 :Description: From the introduction: "Th 64 :Description: From the introduction: "This glossary is intended as
60 a brief description of some of the acr 65 a brief description of some of the acronyms and terms you may hear
61 during discussion of the Linux kernel" 66 during discussion of the Linux kernel".
62 67
63 * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Program !! 68 * Title: **Tracing the Way of Data in a TCP Connection through the Linux Kernel**
>> 69
>> 70 :Author: Richard Sailer
>> 71 :URL: https://archive.org/details/linux_kernel_data_flow_short_paper
>> 72 :Date: 2016
>> 73 :Keywords: Linux Kernel Networking, TCP, tracing, ftrace
>> 74 :Description: A seminar paper explaining ftrace and how to use it for
>> 75 understanding linux kernel internals,
>> 76 illustrated at tracing the way of a TCP packet through the kernel.
>> 77 :Abstract: *This short paper outlines the usage of ftrace a tracing framework
>> 78 as a tool to understand a running Linux system.
>> 79 Having obtained a trace-log a kernel hacker can read and understand
>> 80 source code more determined and with context.
>> 81 In a detailed example this approach is demonstrated in tracing
>> 82 and the way of data in a TCP Connection through the kernel.
>> 83 Finally this trace-log is used as base for more a exact conceptual
>> 84 exploration and description of the Linux TCP/IP implementation.*
>> 85
>> 86 * Title: **On submitting kernel Patches**
>> 87
>> 88 :Author: Andi Kleen
>> 89 :URL: http://halobates.de/on-submitting-kernel-patches.pdf
>> 90 :Date: 2008
>> 91 :Keywords: patches, review process, types of submissions, basic rules, case studies
>> 92 :Description: This paper gives several experience values on what types of patches
>> 93 there are and how likley they get merged.
>> 94 :Abstract:
>> 95 [...]. This paper examines some common problems for
>> 96 submitting larger changes and some strategies to avoid problems.
64 97
65 :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Buri !! 98 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, Third Edition**
66 Jim Huang. !! 99
67 :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ !! 100 :Author: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, Greg Kroah-Hartman
68 :Date: 2021 !! 101 :URL: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
>> 102 :Date: 2005
>> 103 :Description: A 600-page book covering the (2.6.10) driver
>> 104 programming API and kernel hacking in general. Available under the
>> 105 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
>> 106 :note: You can also :ref:`purchase a copy from O'Reilly or elsewhere <ldd3_published>`.
>> 107
>> 108 * Title: **Writing an ALSA Driver**
>> 109
>> 110 :Author: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
>> 111 :URL: http://www.alsa-project.org/~iwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/index.html
>> 112 :Date: 2005
>> 113 :Keywords: ALSA, sound, soundcard, driver, lowlevel, hardware.
>> 114 :Description: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture for developers,
>> 115 both at kernel and user-level sides. ALSA is the Linux kernel
>> 116 sound architecture in the 2.6 kernel version.
>> 117
>> 118 * Title: **Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide**
>> 119
>> 120 :Author: David Hinds.
>> 121 :URL: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-PROG.html
>> 122 :Date: 2003
>> 123 :Keywords: PCMCIA.
>> 124 :Description: "This document describes how to write kernel device
>> 125 drivers for the Linux PCMCIA Card Services interface. It also
>> 126 describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
>> 127 Card Services.
>> 128
>> 129 * Title: **Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
>> 130
>> 131 :Author: Ori Pomerantz.
>> 132 :URL: https://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html
>> 133 :Date: 2001
69 :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioc 134 :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
70 interrupt handlers . 135 interrupt handlers .
71 :Description: A very nice GPL book on th !! 136 :Description: Very nice 92 pages GPL book on the topic of modules
72 programming. Lots of examples. Current !! 137 programming. Lots of examples.
73 actively maintained at https://github. <<
74 138
75 * Title: **Rust for Linux** !! 139 * Title: **Global spinlock list and usage**
76 140
77 :Author: various !! 141 :Author: Rick Lindsley.
78 :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/ !! 142 :URL: http://lse.sourceforge.net/lockhier/global-spin-lock
79 :Date: rolling version !! 143 :Date: 2001
80 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel !! 144 :Keywords: spinlock.
81 :Description: From the website: "Rust fo !! 145 :Description: This is an attempt to document both the existence and
82 support for the Rust language to the L !! 146 usage of the spinlocks in the Linux 2.4.5 kernel. Comprehensive
83 intended as a hub of links, documentat !! 147 list of spinlocks showing when they are used, which functions
84 the project". !! 148 access them, how each lock is acquired, under what conditions it
>> 149 is held, whether interrupts can occur or not while it is held...
>> 150
>> 151 * Title: **A Linux vm README**
>> 152
>> 153 :Author: Kanoj Sarcar.
>> 154 :URL: http://kos.enix.org/pub/linux-vmm.html
>> 155 :Date: 2001
>> 156 :Keywords: virtual memory, mm, pgd, vma, page, page flags, page
>> 157 cache, swap cache, kswapd.
>> 158 :Description: Telegraphic, short descriptions and definitions
>> 159 relating the Linux virtual memory implementation.
>> 160
>> 161 * Title: **Video4linux Drivers, Part 1: Video-Capture Device**
>> 162
>> 163 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 164 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/406
>> 165 :Date: 2000
>> 166 :Keywords: video4linux, driver, video capture, capture devices,
>> 167 camera driver.
>> 168 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 169
>> 170 * Title: **Video4linux Drivers, Part 2: Video-capture Devices**
>> 171
>> 172 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 173 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/429
>> 174 :Date: 2000
>> 175 :Keywords: video4linux, driver, video capture, capture devices,
>> 176 camera driver, control, query capabilities, capability, facility.
>> 177 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 178
>> 179 * Title: **Linux IP Networking. A Guide to the Implementation and Modification of the Linux Protocol Stack.**
>> 180
>> 181 :Author: Glenn Herrin.
>> 182 :URL: http://www.cs.unh.edu/cnrg/gherrin
>> 183 :Date: 2000
>> 184 :Keywords: network, networking, protocol, IP, UDP, TCP, connection,
>> 185 socket, receiving, transmitting, forwarding, routing, packets,
>> 186 modules, /proc, sk_buff, FIB, tags.
>> 187 :Description: Excellent paper devoted to the Linux IP Networking,
>> 188 explaining anything from the kernel's to the user space
>> 189 configuration tools' code. Very good to get a general overview of
>> 190 the kernel networking implementation and understand all steps
>> 191 packets follow from the time they are received at the network
>> 192 device till they are delivered to applications. The studied kernel
>> 193 code is from 2.2.14 version. Provides code for a working packet
>> 194 dropper example.
>> 195
>> 196 * Title: **How To Make Sure Your Driver Will Work On The Power Macintosh**
>> 197
>> 198 :Author: Paul Mackerras.
>> 199 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/261
>> 200 :Date: 1999
>> 201 :Keywords: Mac, Power Macintosh, porting, drivers, compatibility.
>> 202 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 203
>> 204 * Title: **An Introduction to SCSI Drivers**
>> 205
>> 206 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 207 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/284
>> 208 :Date: 1999
>> 209 :Keywords: SCSI, device, driver.
>> 210 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 211
>> 212 * Title: **Advanced SCSI Drivers And Other Tales**
>> 213
>> 214 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 215 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/307
>> 216 :Date: 1999
>> 217 :Keywords: SCSI, device, driver, advanced.
>> 218 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 219
>> 220 * Title: **Writing Linux Mouse Drivers**
>> 221
>> 222 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 223 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/330
>> 224 :Date: 1999
>> 225 :Keywords: mouse, driver, gpm.
>> 226 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 227
>> 228 * Title: **More on Mouse Drivers**
>> 229
>> 230 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 231 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/356
>> 232 :Date: 1999
>> 233 :Keywords: mouse, driver, gpm, races, asynchronous I/O.
>> 234 :Description: The title still says it all.
>> 235
>> 236 * Title: **Writing Video4linux Radio Driver**
>> 237
>> 238 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 239 :URL: http://www.linux-mag.com/id/381
>> 240 :Date: 1999
>> 241 :Keywords: video4linux, driver, radio, radio devices.
>> 242 :Description: The title says it all.
>> 243
>> 244 * Title: **I/O Event Handling Under Linux**
>> 245
>> 246 :Author: Richard Gooch.
>> 247 :URL: https://web.mit.edu/~yandros/doc/io-events.html
>> 248 :Date: 1999
>> 249 :Keywords: IO, I/O, select(2), poll(2), FDs, aio_read(2), readiness
>> 250 event queues.
>> 251 :Description: From the Introduction: "I/O Event handling is about
>> 252 how your Operating System allows you to manage a large number of
>> 253 open files (file descriptors in UNIX/POSIX, or FDs) in your
>> 254 application. You want the OS to notify you when FDs become active
>> 255 (have data ready to be read or are ready for writing). Ideally you
>> 256 want a mechanism that is scalable. This means a large number of
>> 257 inactive FDs cost very little in memory and CPU time to manage".
>> 258
>> 259 * Title: **(nearly) Complete Linux Loadable Kernel Modules. The definitive guide for hackers, virus coders and system administrators.**
>> 260
>> 261 :Author: pragmatic/THC.
>> 262 :URL: http://packetstormsecurity.org/docs/hack/LKM_HACKING.html
>> 263 :Date: 1999
>> 264 :Keywords: syscalls, intercept, hide, abuse, symbol table.
>> 265 :Description: Interesting paper on how to abuse the Linux kernel in
>> 266 order to intercept and modify syscalls, make
>> 267 files/directories/processes invisible, become root, hijack ttys,
>> 268 write kernel modules based virus... and solutions for admins to
>> 269 avoid all those abuses.
>> 270 :Notes: For 2.0.x kernels. Gives guidances to port it to 2.2.x
>> 271 kernels.
>> 272
>> 273 * Name: **Linux Virtual File System**
>> 274
>> 275 :Author: Peter J. Braam.
>> 276 :URL: http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/doc/talks/linuxvfs/
>> 277 :Date: 1998
>> 278 :Keywords: slides, VFS, inode, superblock, dentry, dcache.
>> 279 :Description: Set of slides, presumably from a presentation on the
>> 280 Linux VFS layer. Covers version 2.1.x, with dentries and the
>> 281 dcache.
>> 282
>> 283 * Title: **The Venus kernel interface**
>> 284
>> 285 :Author: Peter J. Braam.
>> 286 :URL: http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/doc/html/kernel-venus-protocol.html
>> 287 :Date: 1998
>> 288 :Keywords: coda, filesystem, venus, cache manager.
>> 289 :Description: "This document describes the communication between
>> 290 Venus and kernel level file system code needed for the operation
>> 291 of the Coda filesystem. This version document is meant to describe
>> 292 the current interface (version 1.0) as well as improvements we
>> 293 envisage".
>> 294
>> 295 * Title: **Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem**
>> 296
>> 297 :Author: Rémy Card, Theodore Ts'o, Stephen Tweedie.
>> 298 :URL: https://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/ext2intro.html
>> 299 :Date: 1998
>> 300 :Keywords: ext2, linux fs history, inode, directory, link, devices,
>> 301 VFS, physical structure, performance, benchmarks, ext2fs library,
>> 302 ext2fs tools, e2fsck.
>> 303 :Description: Paper written by three of the top ext2 hackers.
>> 304 Covers Linux filesystems history, ext2 motivation, ext2 features,
>> 305 design, physical structure on disk, performance, benchmarks,
>> 306 e2fsck's passes description... A must read!
>> 307 :Notes: This paper was first published in the Proceedings of the
>> 308 First Dutch International Symposium on Linux, ISBN 90-367-0385-9.
>> 309
>> 310 * Title: **The Linux RAID-1, 4, 5 Code**
>> 311
>> 312 :Author: Ingo Molnar, Gadi Oxman and Miguel de Icaza.
>> 313 :URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=2391
>> 314 :Date: 1997
>> 315 :Keywords: RAID, MD driver.
>> 316 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner article.
>> 317 :Abstract: *A description of the implementation of the RAID-1,
>> 318 RAID-4 and RAID-5 personalities of the MD device driver in the
>> 319 Linux kernel, providing users with high performance and reliable,
>> 320 secondary-storage capability using software*.
>> 321
>> 322 * Title: **Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide**
>> 323
>> 324 :Author: Michael K. Johnson.
>> 325 :URL: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/khg/HyperNews/get/khg.html
>> 326 :Date: 1997
>> 327 :Keywords: device drivers, files, VFS, kernel interface, character vs
>> 328 block devices, hardware interrupts, scsi, DMA, access to user memory,
>> 329 memory allocation, timers.
>> 330 :Description: A guide designed to help you get up to speed on the
>> 331 concepts that are not intuitevly obvious, and to document the internal
>> 332 structures of Linux.
>> 333
>> 334 * Title: **Dynamic Kernels: Modularized Device Drivers**
>> 335
>> 336 :Author: Alessandro Rubini.
>> 337 :URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1219
>> 338 :Date: 1996
>> 339 :Keywords: device driver, module, loading/unloading modules,
>> 340 allocating resources.
>> 341 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner article.
>> 342 :Abstract: *This is the first of a series of four articles
>> 343 co-authored by Alessandro Rubini and Georg Zezchwitz which present
>> 344 a practical approach to writing Linux device drivers as kernel
>> 345 loadable modules. This installment presents an introduction to the
>> 346 topic, preparing the reader to understand next month's
>> 347 installment*.
>> 348
>> 349 * Title: **Dynamic Kernels: Discovery**
>> 350
>> 351 :Author: Alessandro Rubini.
>> 352 :URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1220
>> 353 :Date: 1996
>> 354 :Keywords: character driver, init_module, clean_up module,
>> 355 autodetection, mayor number, minor number, file operations,
>> 356 open(), close().
>> 357 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner article.
>> 358 :Abstract: *This article, the second of four, introduces part of
>> 359 the actual code to create custom module implementing a character
>> 360 device driver. It describes the code for module initialization and
>> 361 cleanup, as well as the open() and close() system calls*.
>> 362
>> 363 * Title: **The Devil's in the Details**
>> 364
>> 365 :Author: Georg v. Zezschwitz and Alessandro Rubini.
>> 366 :URL: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1221
>> 367 :Date: 1996
>> 368 :Keywords: read(), write(), select(), ioctl(), blocking/non
>> 369 blocking mode, interrupt handler.
>> 370 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner article.
>> 371 :Abstract: *This article, the third of four on writing character
>> 372 device drivers, introduces concepts of reading, writing, and using
>> 373 ioctl-calls*.
>> 374
>> 375 * Title: **Dissecting Interrupts and Browsing DMA**
>> 376
>> 377 :Author: Alessandro Rubini and Georg v. Zezschwitz.
>> 378 :URL: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1222
>> 379 :Date: 1996
>> 380 :Keywords: interrupts, irqs, DMA, bottom halves, task queues.
>> 381 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner article.
>> 382 :Abstract: *This is the fourth in a series of articles about
>> 383 writing character device drivers as loadable kernel modules. This
>> 384 month, we further investigate the field of interrupt handling.
>> 385 Though it is conceptually simple, practical limitations and
>> 386 constraints make this an ''interesting'' part of device driver
>> 387 writing, and several different facilities have been provided for
>> 388 different situations. We also investigate the complex topic of
>> 389 DMA*.
>> 390
>> 391 * Title: **Device Drivers Concluded**
>> 392
>> 393 :Author: Georg v. Zezschwitz.
>> 394 :URL: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1287
>> 395 :Date: 1996
>> 396 :Keywords: address spaces, pages, pagination, page management,
>> 397 demand loading, swapping, memory protection, memory mapping, mmap,
>> 398 virtual memory areas (VMAs), vremap, PCI.
>> 399 :Description: Finally, the above turned out into a five articles
>> 400 series. This latest one's introduction reads: "This is the last of
>> 401 five articles about character device drivers. In this final
>> 402 section, Georg deals with memory mapping devices, beginning with
>> 403 an overall description of the Linux memory management concepts".
>> 404
>> 405 * Title: **Network Buffers And Memory Management**
>> 406
>> 407 :Author: Alan Cox.
>> 408 :URL: https://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=1312
>> 409 :Date: 1996
>> 410 :Keywords: sk_buffs, network devices, protocol/link layer
>> 411 variables, network devices flags, transmit, receive,
>> 412 configuration, multicast.
>> 413 :Description: Linux Journal Kernel Korner.
>> 414 :Abstract: *Writing a network device driver for Linux is fundamentally
>> 415 simple---most of the complexity (other than talking to the
>> 416 hardware) involves managing network packets in memory*.
>> 417
>> 418 * Title: **Analysis of the Ext2fs structure**
>> 419
>> 420 :Author: Louis-Dominique Dubeau.
>> 421 :URL: https://teaching.csse.uwa.edu.au/units/CITS2002/fs-ext2/
>> 422 :Date: 1994
>> 423 :Keywords: ext2, filesystem, ext2fs.
>> 424 :Description: Description of ext2's blocks, directories, inodes,
>> 425 bitmaps, invariants...
85 426
86 Published books 427 Published books
87 --------------- 428 ---------------
88 429
89 * Title: **Practical Linux System Administ !! 430 * Title: **Linux Treiber entwickeln**
90 <<
91 :Author: Kenneth Hess <<
92 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media <<
93 :Date: May, 2023 <<
94 :Pages: 246 <<
95 :ISBN: 978-1098109035 <<
96 :Notes: System administration <<
97 <<
98 * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverag <<
99 <<
100 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria <<
101 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd <<
102 :Date: August, 2022 <<
103 :Pages: 638 <<
104 :ISBN: 978-1801075039 <<
105 :Notes: Debugging book <<
106 <<
107 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Com <<
108 <<
109 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria <<
110 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd <<
111 :Date: March, 2021 (Second Edition publi <<
112 :Pages: 754 <<
113 :ISBN: 978-1789953435 (Second Edition IS <<
114 <<
115 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 <<
116 <<
117 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria <<
118 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd <<
119 :Date: March, 2021 <<
120 :Pages: 452 <<
121 :ISBN: 978-1801079518 <<
122 <<
123 * Title: **Linux System Programming: Talki <<
124 431
125 :Author: Robert Love !! 432 :Author: Jürgen Quade, Eva-Katharina Kunst
126 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media !! 433 :Publisher: dpunkt.verlag
127 :Date: June, 2013 !! 434 :Date: Oct 2015 (4th edition)
128 :Pages: 456 !! 435 :Pages: 688
129 :ISBN: 978-1449339531 !! 436 :ISBN: 978-3-86490-288-8
130 :Notes: Foundational book !! 437 :Note: German. The third edition from 2011 is
>> 438 much cheaper and still quite up-to-date.
>> 439
>> 440 * Title: **Linux Kernel Networking: Implementation and Theory**
>> 441
>> 442 :Author: Rami Rosen
>> 443 :Publisher: Apress
>> 444 :Date: December 22, 2013
>> 445 :Pages: 648
>> 446 :ISBN: 978-1430261964
>> 447
>> 448 * Title: **Embedded Linux Primer: A practical Real-World Approach, 2nd Edition**
>> 449
>> 450 :Author: Christopher Hallinan
>> 451 :Publisher: Pearson
>> 452 :Date: November, 2010
>> 453 :Pages: 656
>> 454 :ISBN: 978-0137017836
131 455
132 * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd E 456 * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition**
133 457
134 :Author: Robert Love 458 :Author: Robert Love
135 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley 459 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
136 :Date: July, 2010 460 :Date: July, 2010
137 :Pages: 440 461 :Pages: 440
138 :ISBN: 978-0672329463 462 :ISBN: 978-0672329463
139 :Notes: Foundational book !! 463
>> 464 * Title: **Essential Linux Device Drivers**
>> 465
>> 466 :Author: Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
>> 467 :Published: Prentice Hall
>> 468 :Date: April, 2008
>> 469 :Pages: 744
>> 470 :ISBN: 978-0132396554
140 471
141 .. _ldd3_published: 472 .. _ldd3_published:
142 473
143 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Editi 474 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition**
144 475
145 :Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Ru 476 :Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
146 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates 477 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
147 :Date: 2005 478 :Date: 2005
148 :Pages: 636 479 :Pages: 636
149 :ISBN: 0-596-00590-3 480 :ISBN: 0-596-00590-3
150 :Notes: Foundational book. Further infor !! 481 :Notes: Further information in
151 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdr 482 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/
152 PDF format, URL: https://lwn.net/Kerne 483 PDF format, URL: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
153 484
>> 485 * Title: **Linux Kernel Internals**
>> 486
>> 487 :Author: Michael Beck
>> 488 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
>> 489 :Date: 1997
>> 490 :ISBN: 0-201-33143-8 (second edition)
>> 491
>> 492 * Title: **Programmation Linux 2.0 API systeme et fonctionnement du noyau**
>> 493
>> 494 :Author: Remy Card, Eric Dumas, Franck Mevel
>> 495 :Publisher: Eyrolles
>> 496 :Date: 1997
>> 497 :Pages: 520
>> 498 :ISBN: 2-212-08932-5
>> 499 :Notes: French
>> 500
>> 501 * Title: **The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD UNIX Operating System**
>> 502
>> 503 :Author: Marshall Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels,
>> 504 John S. Quarterman
>> 505 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
>> 506 :Date: 1996
>> 507 :ISBN: 0-201-54979-4
>> 508
>> 509 * Title: **Unix internals -- the new frontiers**
>> 510
>> 511 :Author: Uresh Vahalia
>> 512 :Publisher: Prentice Hall
>> 513 :Date: 1996
>> 514 :Pages: 600
>> 515 :ISBN: 0-13-101908-2
>> 516
>> 517 * Title: **Programming for the real world - POSIX.4**
>> 518
>> 519 :Author: Bill O. Gallmeister
>> 520 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc
>> 521 :Date: 1995
>> 522 :Pages: 552
>> 523 :ISBN: I-56592-074-0
>> 524 :Notes: Though not being directly about Linux, Linux aims to be
>> 525 POSIX. Good reference.
>> 526
>> 527 * Title: **UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel Programmers**
>> 528
>> 529 :Author: Curt Schimmel
>> 530 :Publisher: Addison Wesley
>> 531 :Date: June, 1994
>> 532 :Pages: 432
>> 533 :ISBN: 0-201-63338-8
>> 534
>> 535 * Title: **The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD UNIX Operating System**
>> 536
>> 537 :Author: Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J
>> 538 Karels, John S. Quarterman
>> 539 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
>> 540 :Date: 1989 (reprinted with corrections on October, 1990)
>> 541 :ISBN: 0-201-06196-1
>> 542
154 * Title: **The Design of the UNIX Operatin 543 * Title: **The Design of the UNIX Operating System**
155 544
156 :Author: Maurice J. Bach 545 :Author: Maurice J. Bach
157 :Publisher: Prentice Hall 546 :Publisher: Prentice Hall
158 :Date: 1986 547 :Date: 1986
159 :Pages: 471 548 :Pages: 471
160 :ISBN: 0-13-201757-1 549 :ISBN: 0-13-201757-1
161 :Notes: Foundational book <<
162 550
163 Miscellaneous 551 Miscellaneous
164 ------------- 552 -------------
165 553
166 * Name: **Cross-Referencing Linux** 554 * Name: **Cross-Referencing Linux**
167 555
168 :URL: https://elixir.bootlin.com/ 556 :URL: https://elixir.bootlin.com/
169 :Keywords: Browsing source code. 557 :Keywords: Browsing source code.
170 :Description: Another web-based Linux ke 558 :Description: Another web-based Linux kernel source code browser.
171 Lots of cross references to variables 559 Lots of cross references to variables and functions. You can see
172 where they are defined and where they 560 where they are defined and where they are used.
173 561
174 * Name: **Linux Weekly News** 562 * Name: **Linux Weekly News**
175 563
176 :URL: https://lwn.net 564 :URL: https://lwn.net
177 :Keywords: latest kernel news. 565 :Keywords: latest kernel news.
178 :Description: The title says it all. The 566 :Description: The title says it all. There's a fixed kernel section
179 summarizing developers' work, bug fixe 567 summarizing developers' work, bug fixes, new features and versions
180 produced during the week. !! 568 produced during the week. Published every Thursday.
181 569
182 * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM** 570 * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM**
183 571
184 :Author: The Linux-MM team. 572 :Author: The Linux-MM team.
185 :URL: https://linux-mm.org/ 573 :URL: https://linux-mm.org/
186 :Keywords: memory management, Linux-MM, 574 :Keywords: memory management, Linux-MM, mm patches, TODO, docs,
187 mailing list. 575 mailing list.
188 :Description: Site devoted to Linux Memo 576 :Description: Site devoted to Linux Memory Management development.
189 Memory related patches, HOWTOs, links, 577 Memory related patches, HOWTOs, links, mm developers... Don't miss
190 it if you are interested in memory man 578 it if you are interested in memory management development!
191 579
192 * Name: **Kernel Newbies IRC Channel and W 580 * Name: **Kernel Newbies IRC Channel and Website**
193 581
194 :URL: https://www.kernelnewbies.org 582 :URL: https://www.kernelnewbies.org
195 :Keywords: IRC, newbies, channel, asking 583 :Keywords: IRC, newbies, channel, asking doubts.
196 :Description: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc 584 :Description: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net.
197 #kernelnewbies is an IRC network dedic 585 #kernelnewbies is an IRC network dedicated to the 'newbie'
198 kernel hacker. The audience mostly con 586 kernel hacker. The audience mostly consists of people who are
199 learning about the kernel, working on 587 learning about the kernel, working on kernel projects or
200 professional kernel hackers that want 588 professional kernel hackers that want to help less seasoned kernel
201 people. 589 people.
202 #kernelnewbies is on the OFTC IRC Netw 590 #kernelnewbies is on the OFTC IRC Network.
203 Try irc.oftc.net as your server and th 591 Try irc.oftc.net as your server and then /join #kernelnewbies.
204 The kernelnewbies website also hosts a 592 The kernelnewbies website also hosts articles, documents, FAQs...
205 593
206 * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archiv 594 * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archives and search engines**
207 595
208 :URL: https://subspace.kernel.org !! 596 :URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
209 :URL: https://lore.kernel.org !! 597 :URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
>> 598 :URL: http://groups.google.com/group/mlist.linux.kernel
210 :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, searc 599 :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, search.
211 :Description: Some of the linux-kernel m 600 :Description: Some of the linux-kernel mailing list archivers. If
212 you have a better/another one, please 601 you have a better/another one, please let me know.
213 602
214 * Name: **The Linux Foundation YouTube cha <<
215 <<
216 :URL: https://www.youtube.com/user/theli <<
217 :Keywords: linux, videos, linux-foundati <<
218 :Description: The Linux Foundation uploa <<
219 collaborative events, Linux conference <<
220 other original research and content re <<
221 development. <<
222 <<
223 ------- 603 -------
224 604
225 This document was originally based on: !! 605 Document last updated on Tue 2016-Sep-20
226 606
>> 607 This document is based on:
227 https://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/ 608 https://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html
228 <<
229 and written by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche <<
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