Helped me get started on the Linux kernel

I just recently started working on the Linux kernel and this
book helped get me off the ground and going. I do wish it had
more depth and detail in some areas, but for the price I don't
think you can go wrong. For example, I needed much more detail
in the area of multiprocessing than this book provided. An
excellent companion book is "UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures: Symmetric Multiprocessing and Caching for Kernel
Programmers" by Curt Schimmel. This latter book provided the

extra background and depth for me to finally understand how
all the pieces fit together in this area.

Other Reviews

• Pretty good, but could be better
• Great explanation of design
• now out of date, questionable accuracy even when it was new
• Helped me get started on the Linux kernel
• simply the best