linux kernel book

[parthiban]

hi,
i like to learn linux kernel architecture and programming. so can any one tell which book is best for linux kernel?

[BHX]

I honestly wasn't aware there was such a book. I sadly can't recommend anything, but will keep an eye on this thread to see if anyone replies with a book.

[Moschops]

I recommend two such books: Kerrisk's "The Linux Programming Interface", which I have a physical copy of about three feet from me and I read almost cover to cover during some long empty time at work last summer, and is an excellent guide to programming for Linux, and Bob Love's "Linux Kernel Development" which I have not read nearly so thoroughly but thus far has been a very solid piece of work.

[bartoli]

One of the teachers i had wrote a book, i think it explains how an OS works, taking as an example the source of the Linux Kernel 0.01.
Here it is : http://www.amazon.fr/Conception-syst%C3%A8mes-dexploitation-cas-Linux/dp/2212114796/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1341083883&sr=1-3

I can't tell you if it is good however, and it might have only been published in french

[Catfish2]

From what I know, Torvalds' inspiration for Linux was Minix.
http://www.minix3.org/documentation/index.html

Assuming you want to write your own kernel, why go for a book in this age of information?
http://wiki.osdev.org/Expanded_Main_Page

Otherwise, if you want to do Linux programming:
http://www.advancedlinuxprogramming.com/
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/C/