Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1310011

Re: Understanding IO architecture

From Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: Understanding IO architecture
Date 2016-01-15 11:10 +0100
Message-ID <qR9ur-4CR-27@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <qR8yl-3Yi-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the good starting point to understand linux kernel? I know you
> are going to say Understanding the Linux Kernel, but that is for 2005!
> and kernel 2.6.
>
> We know that currently, the latest version is 4.4 and the version
> number updates quickly. So, where can I find the core of IO
> architecture, page cache, block layer and ... for the most stable
> architecture and not the version number?

The best book you might find is Professional Linux Kernel architecture [1]
Other than that, read the source code!

thanks,
Daniel.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Kernel-Architecture-Wolfgang-Mauerer/dp/0470343435

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextPrevious in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

Understanding IO architecture Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 10:10 +0100
  Re: Understanding IO architecture Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 11:10 +0100
  Re: Understanding IO architecture Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 17:40 +0100
    Re: Understanding IO architecture Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 17:50 +0100
      Re: Understanding IO architecture Mahmood Naderan <mahmood.nt@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 22:40 +0100
  Re: Understanding IO architecture Jeff Merkey <linux.mdb@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 17:40 +0100

csiph-web