Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Call for Authors: Open Publishing licenced Kernel Programming Book | From | Gary Lawrence Murphy <> | Date | 31 Aug 1999 13:33:09 -0400 |
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Logic and Reason have prevailed: Macmillan has agreed to publish our Kernel Programming Book under the OPL, and I have agreed to use docbook as the authoring process to ease later migration of all sections of the book back into the LDP.
This is not a "module programming" book; Alessandro is much better at that than I could ever hope to be, and that is the way it should be. "Professional Linux Kernel Programming" is a guide for people who need to get under the hood and leverage the freedoms of the GPL in employing Linux for specialized applications. There will be material on driver programming, but this is not the primary focus of this book. The book will also focus on the 2.2/2.3 kernels and while we hope to also include whatever is known about 2.4/2.5, there is very little need to support 2.0/2.1 (Beck & al have already done this admirably)
We are looking at a Dec 31 deadline for all submissions, and we are currently seeking contributing authors for sections including
- the network layer and the network devices - SMP, IPC and Memory management - salvaging investments in NT drivers - kernel programming tools, debugging and 'best practices' - the sound systems
When we are done, we hope to leave behind a complete opus of papers in the LPD to cover programming issues in the entire kernel. We have a table of contents online at http://members.xoom.com/teledynamics/book and invite your comments.
Anyone interested in participating in this project is invited to contact me directly at garym@canada.com or by phone at 519-422-2723
-- Gary Lawrence Murphy <garym@canada.com> TeleDynamics Communications Inc Business Telecom Services : Internet Consulting : http://www.teledyn.com Linux/GNU Education Group: http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-education/ "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)
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