Автор: Amiran Shichiro
Название: The Linux Programmers Guide
Издательство: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Год: 2017
ASIN: B0744JLRXC
Язык: English
Формат: azw3, pdf(conv)
Размер: 13.4 mb
Страниц: 684

In March 1991 Linus Benedict Torvalds bought the multitasking system Minix for his AT 336. He used it to develop his own multitasking system which he called Linux. In September 1991 he released the first prototype by e-mail to some other Minix users on the Internet, thus beginning the Linux project. Many programmers from that point on have supported Linux. They have added device drivers, developed applications, and aimed for POSIX compliance. Today Linux is very powerful, but what is best is that it's free. Work is being done to port Linux to other platforms. By its nature, this also means that it should be useful when porting programs from other operating systems to Linux.

Therefore, this guide must describe the system calls and the major kernel changes which have effects on older programs like serial I/O and networking.