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## A.3.5 Kernel Hacking

Title:
  The Design of the UNIX Operating System
Author:
  Maurice J. Bach
Publisher:
  Prentice-Hall, 1986
IBSN:
  0-13-201799-7 ??

  This book covers the algorithms and internals of the UNIX kernel. It is not specific to any particular kernel, although it does lean towards System V-isms. This is the best place to start if you want to understand the inner tickings of the Linux system.

Title:
  The Magic Garden Explained
Author:
  Berny Goodheart and James Cox
Publisher:
  Prentice-Hall, 1994
IBSN:
  0-13-098138-9 ??

  This book describes the System V R4 kernel in detail. Unlike Bach's book, which concentrates heavily on the algorithms which make the kernel tick, this book presents the SVR4 implementation on a more technical level. Although Linux and SVR4 are distant cousins, this book can give you much insight into the workings of an actual UNIX kernel implementation. This is also a very modern book on the UNIX kernel---published in 1994.

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