More information about the kernel

• Device ["Drivers"]

• KernelPorts porting the kernel to other architectures

• PowerManagement

• ["SMPSynchronisation"] an intro on SMP locking

• There are several good KernelBooks

• more ["Documents"], which should probably be indexed from this page or subsystem pages

• 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

• CareerAdvice for people who want to get a job hacking the kernel

• KernelHackingTools to edit/navigate/hack the kernel source

• write a simple kernel loadable ["Module"]

• [http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/2003-08/msg00347.html Paper on Debugging Kernel OOPs and Hangs]

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"]
• ["Networking"] everything network related

External links

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel Wikipedia article about the Linux kernel] - some history and background

• [http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-kernel/ Anatomy of the Linux kernel] - short and valuable introduction to internals of the kernel

• [http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map Interactive Linux Kernel Map] and [http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map_poster poster] - Have a look at Linux kernel source from a bird's eye view.

• [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/KernelAnalysis-HOWTO.html KernelAnalysis-HOWTO]

• [http://lxr.linux.no/linux Linux Cross Reference] - browse the source online

• [http://www.lingrok.org/source/ LinGrok] - another cross reference of development git trees

• explore more documentation at [http://www.makelinux.net/reference Linux Technology Reference]

• [http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/ Compiling the Linux kernel] or [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=443 OS News Article]BR

• http://lkml.org/ - the linux-kernel mailing list archives

• From basic to advanced Linux Kernel articles (outdated) http://whatisthekernel.blogspot.com/

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