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"]
- ["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:
Eager to become a kernel hacker? You may start from ...BR
[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 NavigatingTheSourcesBR
[http://www.sysinternals.com/linux/utilities/filemon.shtml filemon] to display file system activities in real-timeBR
[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
Some existing documents on kernelnewbies site can be found [:Documents: here]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].)