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"you can't go wrong with adding Linux Kernel in a Nutshell to your library." - James Pyles, Linux Magazine, March 2007
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Written by a leading developer and maintainer of the Linux kernel, Linux Kernel in a Nutshell is a comprehensive overview of kernel configuration and building, a critical task for Linux users and administrators.
No distribution can provide a Linux kernel that meets all users' needs. Computers big and small have special requirements that require reconfiguring and rebuilding the kernel. Whether you are trying to get sound, wireless support, and power management working on a laptop or incorporating enterprise features such as logical volume management on a large server, you can benefit from the insights in this book.
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell covers the entire range of kernel tasks, starting with downloading the source and making sure that the kernel is in sync with the versions of the tools you need. In addition to configuration and installation steps, the book offers reference material and discussions of related topics such as control of kernel options at runtime.
A key benefit of the book is a chapter on determining exactly what drivers are needed for your hardware. Also included are recipes that list what you need to do to accomplish a wide range of popular tasks.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Nowadays its less common for a user to have to compile a kernel, but there are times that if you don't do it a given device will no work properly (or at all). Despite the huge amount of Linux distributions available none is able to fulfill every user requirement. Configuring a laptop or installing a server requires different sets of modules with imply reconfiguring and recompiling the kernel. If you want to listen to a music, enable power management on a laptop or install some enterprise grade features like RAID or LVM this book is surely to help you.
The "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" was written by one of the most renoun Linux kernel hackers, Greg Kroab-Hartman. Greg Kroab-Hartman develops system drivers since 1999 and is currently responsible for several of the kernel's subsystems, udev and hotplug.
This book was written to explain everything with is necessary to compile and install a Linux kernel. You don't need any prior programming experience but is most recommend some knowledge of the Linux system and it's command line.
The "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" is quite complete and clear making it easy for the reader to compile its first kernel in just a few hours after having the book. Kroab-Hartman manages to do this supplying plenty of information in a well structured form that makes its reading extraordinarily easy.
The first chapters explain how to obtain and compile the kernel with is very light reading (about one hour). In the next chapters he explains how to customize your kernel. Finally at the end there is a list of boot and compilation parameters.
If you have some experience with Linux or you usually compile your kernel the information available in this book is a bit too simple never the less useful. If you never compiled a Kernel this book will save you plenty of time.
I recommend "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" to every Linux user with wishes to learn a bit more how it's Linux system works.
Review made by Luis Rodrigues "Khromu".
The "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" was written by one of the most renoun Linux kernel hackers, Greg Kroab-Hartman. Greg Kroab-Hartman develops system drivers since 1999 and is currently responsible for several of the kernel's subsystems, udev and hotplug.
This book was written to explain everything with is necessary to compile and install a Linux kernel. You don't need any prior programming experience but is most recommend some knowledge of the Linux system and it's command line.
The "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" is quite complete and clear making it easy for the reader to compile its first kernel in just a few hours after having the book. Kroab-Hartman manages to do this supplying plenty of information in a well structured form that makes its reading extraordinarily easy.
The first chapters explain how to obtain and compile the kernel with is very light reading (about one hour). In the next chapters he explains how to customize your kernel. Finally at the end there is a list of boot and compilation parameters.
If you have some experience with Linux or you usually compile your kernel the information available in this book is a bit too simple never the less useful. If you never compiled a Kernel this book will save you plenty of time.
I recommend "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" to every Linux user with wishes to learn a bit more how it's Linux system works.
Review made by Luis Rodrigues "Khromu".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Excellent book with slightly misleading title. The book is short and tightly focused as the back cover describes it: "comprehensive overview of kernel configuration and building". It doesn't attempt to cover the internals of kernel or drivers or any software development other than building existing kernel software. As the author says in the Preface: he dismissed topic of book as being covered by plentiful documentation but "this book was created with the goal of consolidating all of the existing information already scattered about..."
Authorative since the author is developer of udev, maintainer of several kernel subsystems and contributing author to "Linux Device Drivers".
The book has lots of useful insight about tools and techniques related to kernel configuration and building. Chapter 7 is a useful detailed process for determining which module is needed to support an item of hardware.
Bear in mind the following:
- the title is misleading. But the book achieves the authors stated goal of "consolidating all of the existing information already scattered about..." related to kernel configuration and building.
- the book is short because of its tight focus on configuration and building the kernel. No attempt to cover kernel development, internals of device driver development, etc.
- the book is available for download.
Authorative since the author is developer of udev, maintainer of several kernel subsystems and contributing author to "Linux Device Drivers".
The book has lots of useful insight about tools and techniques related to kernel configuration and building. Chapter 7 is a useful detailed process for determining which module is needed to support an item of hardware.
Bear in mind the following:
- the title is misleading. But the book achieves the authors stated goal of "consolidating all of the existing information already scattered about..." related to kernel configuration and building.
- the book is short because of its tight focus on configuration and building the kernel. No attempt to cover kernel development, internals of device driver development, etc.
- the book is available for download.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you enjoy building your own kernels for linux, or even if you just need to for that dazzling new graphics card, then this is the book to get. Highly recommended.
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