KernelNewbies:

Kernel Hacking HOWTO

The layout proposed by Suman Adak is below.

Please create a new subpage (eg ["/Introduction"]) for each section, since this document could end up really large...

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  1. ["Introduction"] to Linux Kernel( A short Description with various good link about linux kernel)
    1. What is Kernel Program?
    2. What I Can do with the Linux Kernel( Some impressive word).
    3. Which Programming language?
    4. [:KernelBooks:Kernel Books]

    5. *add more
  2. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Getting Source Code:Getting Source Code]

    1. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Getting Source Code:Why should i get source code?]

    2. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Getting Source Code:How to get Source Code?]

    3. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Getting Source Code:Where i should look to get latest kernel?]

    4. *Add more
  3. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/System requirements:/System requirements] for Kernel Hacking.

    1. GCC,GDB,KGDB patch.
    2. Making room for source code.
    3. Preparing to test the new kernel( Virtual Machine, UML, Serial port configuration).
    4. add more
  4. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Compiling and Installing:/Compiling and Installing] the kernel.

    1. Why to recompile the kernel
    2. How to make the new kernel version
    3. Understanding the kernel versioning system
    4. Configure the kernel to be compiled
    5. Compile procedure for 2.4 and 2.6 kernel
    6. Install the kernel image into your hard disk
    7. Boot Loader Configuration( Grub and LILO)
    8. Applying kernel patches
    9. Boot the New kernel
    10. Add more
  5. ["/Overview"] of the Linux kernel source code tree.
    1. Small description about each directory.
    2. add more
  6. Changes between 2.4 kernel to 2.6 kernel( New features).
    1. Add more
  7. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Debugging Kernel:/Debugging Kernel ]Code

    1. Add more
  8. kernel programming style guidelines
    1. Add more
  9. comment and code
    1. Add more
  10. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Kernel APIs:/Kernel APIs]

    1. Add more
  11. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Subsystems:Subsystems]

    1. Process Creating, Management and Destroing
    2. Process Scheduling
    3. Inter Process Communication
    4. Memory Addressing
    5. Memory Management
    6. Reclaiming Pages
    7. Process Address Space
    8. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Subsystems/Exceptions and Interrupts Handling:Exceptions and Interrupts Handling]

    9. Deferring Work: Tasklets and SoftIRQ
    10. Synchronization
    11. Time Management
    12. System Calls
    13. Virtual File System
    14. Accessing Directories and Files
    15. Block I/O Layer
    16. Page Cache
    17. Security Subsystem and SELinux
    18. TCP/IP Stack and Netfilter
    19. Device Drivers, Kobjects and Sysfs
    20. Module Management: Insert Code at Run-Time
    21. Add More
  12. [:KernelHacking-HOWTO/Utilities:Utilities]

    1. [:FAQ/LinkedLists:Linked Lists in Kernel]

    2. Hash Tables
  13. ["Developing Device Drivers"]
    1. Character Drivers
    2. Block Drives
    3. Network Drivers
    4. USB
    5. Add More
  14. How to contribute to kernel community?
  15. How to get help?
  16. How can i help?

KernelNewbies: New_Kernel_Hacking_HOWTO (last edited 2006-12-01 11:26:16 by host251-107-dynamic)