Linux Device Drivers, Second Edition

Sources of Further Information

Most of the information we provide in this book is extracted directly from the kernel sources and related documentation. In particular, pay attention to the Documentation directory that is found in the kernel source tree. There is a wealth of useful information there, including documentation of an increasing part of the kernel API (in the DocBook subdirectory).

There are a few interesting books out there that extensively cover related topics; they are listed in the bibliography.

There is much useful information available on the Internet; the following is a sampling. Internet sites, of course, tend to be highly volatile while books are hard to update. Thus, this list should be regarded as being somewhat out of date.

http://www.kernel.org , ftp://ftp.kernel.org

This site is the home of Linux kernel development. You’ll find the latest kernel release and related information. Note that the FTP site is mirrored throughout the world, so you’ll most likely find a mirror near you.

http://www.linuxdoc.org

The Linux Documentation Project carries a lot of interesting documents called “HOWTOs”; some of them are pretty technical and cover kernel-related topics.

http://www.linux-mag.com/depts/gear.html

The “Gearheads only” section from Linux Magazine often runs kernel-oriented articles from well-known developers.

http://www.linux.it/kerneldocs

This page contains many kernel-oriented magazine articles written by Alessandro.

http://lwn.net

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