[ale] learning the kernel

[Christopher Fowler]

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:23:14AM -0500, Doug McNash wrote:
> >
> >Any books out there that do this?  In other words: here's 
> >the theory,
> >here's one particular implementation (linux).
> >
> 
> I have and you want:
> 
> Tanenbaum, Andrew S.; "Operating Systems: Design and 
> Implementation"; 1987
> 
> and the companion Minix implementation book and media.
> 
> Minix is the base Linus started with.

Yep,  Both are they way to go.  You can also check out Lions Unix
Commentary. If you start looking at kernel 2.6.0 you might be overwhelmed 
by all the code.  The Minix book is simple enough that you should be
able to read it without getting a headache.  



> 
> Comer, Douglas; (The XINU OS)? also wrote at least two 
> books, one OS, one networking, heavy with code and a 
> "complete" OS.  I have those in storage.
> 
> 
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