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Linux IP Stacks Commentary: Guide to Gaining Insider's Knowledge on the IP Stacks of the Linux Code

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i needed some comments on the linux ip code, the title was right and there was a five stars review by a reader, had no time to wait and so i ordered it by e-commerce. Already accustomed to comments a la R.Stevens was very hopeful What a mistake ! more than 450 pages of linux kernel listings, not only, the listed kernel was 2.0 (at this time the firsts 2.4 are out) !!!! The commentary, all at the end of the listing not very insightful, will never buy another book in this series !

I took a look at the Japanese version of this book. Like what the previous commentator has said, it's just published source codes. I would recommend interested readers to read up these 2 books instead:

Linux Device Drivers by O Reilly Linux Kernel Internals by Addison Wesley

Both are on kernel 2.0, but things remain relatively similar for kernel 2.4.3

still exploring....

for anyone wanting to understand the codes that are needed to write programs such as graphics and to also write programs in c and java this book is a basis of those teachings remember what they say about all those gurus and computer experts without them there would never have been AOL, NETSCAPE ,MSN you name it this book is a source code reference. For those programmers who have have mastered basic programming this book should help them develop their skills to the next level in web designs as well as internet programming

This book is described commentary about Linux kernel. Especially, the book comments about TCP/IP. In this book, I am interested in Chapter 4 "Sockets API Overflow". In this Chapter, commentary about most of TCP/IP functions are given. The author picks up function routine in Linux kernel source code and comments the meaning of each line. I had not read Linux book which is written about kernel code. I think this book is so useful for programmer, Linux user, and so on.

This is a must buy for anyone who intends to get serious with the networking code of the Linux kernel. This is the right resource to know how the networking modules work in Linux.

The only room for improvement would be to write a bigger introduction to the internals. Apart from this the book is very helpful. The code changes too fast, so a better introduction to the overall structure is neccessary.