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Michal Piotrowski michal.k.k.piotrowski@gmail.com

Coauthors:

Maciej Rutecki maciej.rutecki@gmail.com Unixy.pl

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw@sisk.pl

English translation by Rafael J. Wysocki rjw@sisk.pl

Contributors:

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz bzolnier@gmail.com

Jarek Poplawski jarkao2@o2.pl

Mariusz Kozlowski m.kozlowski@tuxland.pl

Introduction

The kernel, patches, trees and compilation
1. The kernel
2. Patches
3. Ketchup
4. Trees
5. The -mm tree
6. Compilation and installation
  1. Kernel compilation
  2. Useful options of make
  3. Kernel modules
  4. Kernel hacking options
  5. Magic SysRq
  6. Installation
  7. Automated conﬁguration and installation
Testing
1. Phase One
2. Phase Two (AutoTest)
3. Phase Three
4. Measuring performance
5. Hello world!, or what exactly are we looking for?
6. Binary drivers and distribution kernels
Collecting kernel messages
1. Syslog, console and dmesg
2. Serial console
3. Network console
Git, quilt and binary searching
1. Git
2. Quilt
3. General idea of binary searching
4. Binary searching with the help of quilt
5. Binary searching with the help of git-bisect
6. Caveats
Reporting bugs
Testing of hardware
Appendix A - Related topics
1. Test system
2. KLive
3. Sending patches
4. How to become the kernel developer?
Appendix B - License

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  1. Git
  1. Quilt
  1. General idea of binary searching
  1. Binary searching with the help of quilt
  1. Binary searching with the help of git-bisect
  1. Caveats
 1. [[Linux_Kernel_Tester's_Guide_Chapter5|Reporting bugs]]
 1. [[Linux_Kernel_Tester's_Guide_Chapter6|Testing of hardware]]
 1. [[Linux_Kernel_Tester's_Guide_Appendix_A|Appendix A - Related topics]]
  1. Test system
  1. KLive
  1. Sending patches
  1. How to become the kernel developer?
 1. [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode|Appendix B - License]]