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| == 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"] |
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| Put your kernel hacking stuff here and let's help each other learn about the kernel.[[BR]] | Discuss your questions on ["IRC"], the MailingList or the [http://forum.kernelnewbies.org/ web forum], if you cannot find your answers in these documents: |
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| * ["Drivers"] * ["Testing"] * KernelPorts * PowerManagement * KernelBooks * ["Tools"] to edit/navigate/hack the kernel source * CareerAdvice for people who want to get a job hacking the kernel |
== Under development == * ["New Kernel Hacking HOWTO"] (right now under-development on kernelnewbies) * ["Linux Kernel Tester's Guide"] |
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| [http://www.kernelhacking.org/docs/kernelhacking-HOWTO/index.html kernel hacking HOWTO][[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 |
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"]