WANTED: volunteers to sort the information on this page, to make things easier to find.
CompleteNewbiesClickHere for some ideas on how to get started.
Put your kernel hacking stuff here and let's help each other learn about the kernel.BR
- ["Drivers"]
- ["Testing"]
- ["Tools"] to edit/navigate/hack the kernel source
- ["SMPSynchronisation"] an intro on SMP locking
CareerAdvice for people who want to get a job hacking the kernel
- ["Simple UDP Server"]
The pre-2.6 kernel mustfix and shouldfix bug lists:
Eager to become a kernel hacker? You may start from ...BR
[http://www.kernelhacking.org/docs/kernelhacking-HOWTO/index.html kernel hacking HOWTO]BR
[http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/olspaper.pdf How NOT to develop a kernel driver]BR
[http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5340618290.html Writing Portable Device Drivers]BR
[http://markov.ucsd.edu/~movellan/tips/LinuxCompileKernel.pdf Compiling the Linux kernel] (as [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:markov.ucsd.edu/~movellan/tips/LinuxCompileKernel.pdf html]) or [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=443 Compiling the Linux Kernel]BR
[http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkkernel/ mkkernel] helps beginners.BR
[http://everythinglinux.org/unfry/unfry_content.html testing new kernels] and recovering...BR
[http://freshmeat.net/projects/user-modelinux/ User Mode Linux] ([http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-04/user_mode_01.html description]) allows test kernels to be run under Linux. See also NavigatingTheSourcesBR
[http://www.sysinternals.com/linux/utilities/filemon.shtml filemon] to display file system activities in real-timeBR
[http://www.linux-sxs.org/upgrading/migration26.html Migrating to kernel 2.6],
[http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html The Wonderful World of Linux 2.6]BR
[http://lwn.net/Articles/39901/ What to expect with Linux 2.5] (if you get /null appended to the URL, go back & try again (a few times if necessary))BR
[http://kernelnewbies.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Karthick 2.4 Kernel Internals (Incomplete)]BR
[http://edge.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/changes.html Requirements before upgrading 2.2 to 2.4]BR
Some existing documents on kernelnewbies site can be found [:Documents: here]BR
Submitting kernel patches.
- ["Submitting"]
Kernel source management
[http://linux.yyz.us/git-howto.html Kernel Hackers' Guide to git]
[http://www.wlug.org.nz/KernelDevelopmentWithGit Kernel Development With Git]
Kernel source archives and CVSweb.
* At [http://lxr.linux.no/source/ Cross-Referencing Linux Source] you can view various kernel versions.
* (An archive of all kernel versions was [http://www.memalpha.cx/Linux/Kernel/ here].)