The Linux Kernel Book, w. CD-ROM - Softcover

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Linux has the performance of many commercial Unix systems. It is stable, yet continues to evolve due to the many worldwide developers continually updating it and adding further functionality. As such, it can control the latest peripheral devices on the market such as flash memory and optical disks. Its power and flexibility and the fact that it is free has assured it an enthusiastic user base in academia, amongst home hobbyists, and increasingly in the business world. Each chapter includes: Process management. Memory mangement. IPC Systems V. Signals. Pipes. POSIX tty. File systems. Loadable modules. Administration. The first part of each chapter presents basic concepts and describes the association system calls, illustrating these with examples written in C. The second part of the chapter extends to a more advanced treatment, showing how the concepts are implemented at the level of the kernel and presenting the data structures and the internal functions used in Linux.

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