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Collection of online docs

• http://jungla.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html

  • . Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the Linux Kernel.

• /Kernel-Docbooks

  • The Docbooks of the Linux-Kernel as PDF

Articles

• WritingPortableDrivers by Greg KH.

  • . How to write portable device drivers.

• /SchedulingInUNIXAndLinux Scheduling in UNIX and Linux

  • . A short and incomplete introduction to how tasks interact with the kernel.

• /CopyUser Copy from/to user-space implementation.

  • . A description of the x86 copy_from/to_user() core code.

• /KernelSrcInCVS Putting kernel sources in CVS by Erik Mouw.

  • . How to use CVS to manage your kernel sources.

• /DebugWithoutPrintk Printing debug info without printk by Keith Owens.

  • . Directly renders to screen bypassing limitations of printk (such as early in the boot sequence)

• /InitcallMechanism Understanding The Linux Kernel Initcall Mechanism by Trevor Woerner.

  • . How module_init() and friends work.

• /SeqFileHowTo seq_file HOWTO by Randy Dunlap

  • . Describes the seq_file API, used for outputting information via /proc.

• UpstreamMerge by RikvanRiel.

  • . The why and how of merging code into the upstream kernel.

• WhyReiser4IsNotIn by Diego Calleja.

  • . Why Reiser4 is not in the Linux Kernel.

• KernelMemoryAllocation by Arnout Vandecappelle.

  • . A brief overview of the different memory management mechanisms used in the kernel.

• ABI explanation of ELF format

• Debugging some debugging tips

• DocumentationRepository links to some documentation

• EmbeddedKernel how to set up an embedded kernel

• WorkstationKernel how to set up a workstation kernel

• Emulators links to emulators that are useful for kernel development

• KernelExtensions about kernel extensions

• KernelHacking-HOWTO/Introduction site about kernel hacking

Presentations

• /LinuxIPNetworking Linux IP Networking by Glenn Herrin

  • . A description of Linux 2.2's IP stack, with diagrams.

• /HighAvailability High Availability talk by Marcelo Tosatti

  • . IRC talk on high availability issues

• /MemoryManagement Memory Management talk by Rik van Riel

  • . IRC talk on memory management

• /Netfilter Netfilter talk by Harald Welte

  • . IRC talk on netfilter

• www.nuvolinux.org/EN A documentation project about the Linux kernel. (English version)

• www.nuvolinux.org/IT Progetto di documentazione sul kernel Linux. (Italian version)

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