Chapter 12. Bibliography
Most of the information in this book has been extracted from the kernel documentation and source code. This is the best place for information on how to build and install the kernel, and is usually kept up to date when things in the build procedure change.
Books
There are a number of very good Linux kernel programming books availble, but only a few that deal with building and installing the kernel. Here is a list of books that the author has found useful when dealing with the Linux kernel.
General Linux Books
- Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins. Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition. O'Reilly & Associates, 2005
This book can be has the most complete and authoritative command reference for Linux. It covers almost every different command that you will ever need to use.
- Yaghmour, Karim. Building Embedded Systems. O'Reilly & Associates, 2003.
This book, although mainly oriented toward the embedded Linux developer, has a great section on how to build up a cross-compiler toolchain and kernel. It is highly recommended for that, as well as other portions of this book that are very relevant for people wishing to learn more about how to customise a Linux kernel and the rest of the system.
Linux Kernel Books
Most of these books are oriented toward the programmer who is interested in learning how to program within the kernel. They are much more technically oriented than this book, but are a great place to start if you wish to learn more about ...
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