== Background on kernel development == * What is it like to be a kernel developer? ["KernelDevViewpoint"] * CareerAdvice for people who want to get a job hacking the kernel * Kernel release process ["KernelReleaseProcess"] * Tools used in kernel development ["KernelHackingTools"] == More information about the kernel == * ["SMPSynchronisation"] an intro on SMP locking * Useful kernel tutorials, presentations, and ["Documents"] * LinuxChanges and http://LWN.net/Kernel - read about recent developments == How To ... == * KernelBuild - build a custom kernel * KernelDebug - debugging bugs * KernelSafari - taking apart the kernel to see how it works * UpstreamMerge How to submit your patch to the upstream kernel. * join the [http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/ Kernel Janitors] and/or [http://LinuxDriverProject.org/ Linux Driver] projects * KernelHackingTools to edit/navigate/hack the kernel source * write a simple kernel loadable ["Module"] CompleteNewbiesClickHere for some ideas on how to get started. Discuss your questions on ["IRC"], the MailingList or the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/ web forum], if you cannot find your answers in these documents: == Under development == * ["New Kernel Hacking HOWTO"] (right now under-development on kernelnewbies) * ["Linux Kernel Tester's Guide"] CategoryKernelHacking