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"] * KernelPorts * PowerManagement * KernelBooks * ["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 The pre-2.6 kernel mustfix and shouldfix bug lists: * MustFix26 * ShouldFix26 [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 NavigatingTheSources[[BR]] [http://www.sysinternals.com/linux/utilities/filemon.shtml filemon] to display file system activities in real-time[[BR]] [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]] 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].) ---- CategoryKernelHacking