linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: Add relevant kernel publications to list of books

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Date:   Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:38:56 +0530
From:   Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com>
To:     Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
Cc:     corbet@....net, rlove@...ve.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: Add relevant kernel publications to list of books

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 6:45 PM Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com> wrote:
>
> On 2/22/23 19:12, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 7:44 PM Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/22/23 05:08, Kaiwan N Billimoria wrote:
> >>> Hi Carlos,
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 11:30 PM Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> For the list of kernel published books, include publication covering kernel
> >>>> debugging from August, 2022 (ISBN 978-1801075039). Also add foundational
> >>>> book from Robert Love (ISBN 978-1449339531) and remove extra spaces.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>    Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >>>>    1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>>> index 1c6e2ab92f4e..ce461d981d0a 100644
> >>>> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>>> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>>> @@ -75,13 +75,31 @@ On-line docs
> >>>>    Published books
> >>>>    ---------------
> >>>>
> >>>> +    * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverage proven tools and advanced techniques to effectively debug Linux kernels and kernel modules**
> >>>> +
> >>>> +      :Author: Kaiwan N. Billimoria
> >>>> +      :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> >>>> +      :Date: August, 2022
> >>>> +      :Pages: 638
> >>>> +      :ISBN: 978-1801075039
> >>>> +      :Notes: Debugging book
> >>>> +
> >>>>        * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Comprehensive Guide to Kernel Internals, Writing Kernel Modules, and Kernel Synchronization**
> >>>>
> >>>> -          :Author: Kaiwan N. Billimoria
> >>>> -          :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> >>>> -          :Date: 2021
> >>>> -          :Pages: 754
> >>>> -          :ISBN: 978-1789953435
> >>>> +      :Author: Kaiwan N. Billimoria
> >>>> +      :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> >>>> +      :Date: 2021
> >>>> +      :Pages: 754
> >>>> +      :ISBN: 978-1789953435
> >>>> +
> >>>> +    * Title: **Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library**
> >>>> +
> >>>> +      :Author: Robert Love
> >>>> +      :Publisher: O'Reilly Media
> >>>> +      :Date: June, 2013
> >>>> +      :Pages: 456
> >>>> +      :ISBN: 978-1449339531
> >>>> +      :Notes: Foundational book
> >>>>
> >>>>        * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition**
> >>>>
> >>>> @@ -92,6 +110,7 @@ Published books
> >>>>          :ISBN: 978-0672329463
> >>>>          :Notes: Foundational book
> >>>>
> >>>> +
> >>>>    .. _ldd3_published:
> >>>>
> >>>>        * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition**
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.34.1
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks very much.
> >>>
> >>> A request to incorporate a few minor changes (I applied these small
> >>> changes on the latest linux-next I could find):
> >>
> >> Sure, I will send v2 with your changes and signature.
> > Thanks again.
> > I have no issue though with your SoB, pl do retain it... (sorry for
> > the trouble).
> >
> > Also, do you think specifying the free download URL for the LKP Part 2
> > book's a good idea?
>
> Yes, that sounds like a good idea as long as it is a legal download. If you
> share the link with me I will include it in the near future in the
> successive patches of this file.
It's definitely legal. The link is:
https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Linux-Kernel-Programming/blob/master/Linux-Kernel-Programming-(Part-2)/Linux%20Kernel%20Programming%20Part%202%20-%20Char%20Device%20Drivers%20and%20Kernel%20Synchronization_eBook.pdf

Thanks,
Kaiwan.
>
>
> > T&R,
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Kaiwan N Billimoria <kaiwan.billimoria@...il.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 13 +++++++++++--
> >>>    1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>> b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>> index 1c6e2ab92f4e..f7ecc04b509b 100644
> >>> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
> >>> @@ -75,11 +75,20 @@ On-line docs
> >>>    Published books
> >>>    ---------------
> >>>
> >>> +   * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverage proven tools and
> >>> advanced techniques to effectively debug Linux kernels and kernel
> >>> modules**
> >>> +
> >>> +          :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
> >>> +          :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> >>> +          :Date: August, 2022
> >>> +          :Pages: 638
> >>> +          :ISBN: 978-1801075039
> >>> +          :Notes: Debugging book
> >>> +
> >>>        * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Comprehensive Guide to
> >>> Kernel Internals, Writing Kernel Modules, and Kernel Synchronization**
> >>>
> >>> -          :Author: Kaiwan N. Billimoria
> >>> +          :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
> >>>              :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
> >>> -          :Date: 2021
> >>> +          :Date: March, 2021
> >>>              :Pages: 754
> >>>              :ISBN: 978-1789953435
> >>>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Carlos
>
> Thanks,
> Carlos