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Eugene K

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Jan 1, 2005, 10:10:07 PM1/1/05
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For many years I've been involved in OS/kernel and
network development on various platforms (including
Intel86) and OSes, but I am totally new to Linux. What
would be an optimal way for somebody like me to learn
both Linux driver development and Linux Kernel
internals ?



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Jim Nelson

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Jan 1, 2005, 10:30:10 PM1/1/05
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Eugene K wrote:
> For many years I've been involved in OS/kernel and
> network development on various platforms (including
> Intel86) and OSes, but I am totally new to Linux. What
> would be an optimal way for somebody like me to learn
> both Linux driver development and Linux Kernel
> internals ?
>
>

Hit http://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html - has a good
selection of dead-tree and online references. The kernel-janitors project -
http://www.kerneljanitors.org/ - is a good starting point; that's where a lot of
kernel hackers get their start.

Pedro Venda

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Jan 2, 2005, 8:50:06 AM1/2/05
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Jim Nelson wrote:
> Eugene K wrote:
>
>> For many years I've been involved in OS/kernel and
>> network development on various platforms (including
>> Intel86) and OSes, but I am totally new to Linux. What
>> would be an optimal way for somebody like me to learn
>> both Linux driver development and Linux Kernel
>> internals ?

this has been very recently asked on the list. some of the suggested answers were:

books:

. linux kernel development by robert love
. linux device drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet.
. understanding linux kernel by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati.

(last two will have new editions soon covering 2.6 kernels)

regards,
pedro venda.
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Pedro Venda

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Jan 2, 2005, 8:50:09 AM1/2/05
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Jim Nelson wrote:
| Eugene K wrote:
|
|> For many years I've been involved in OS/kernel and
|> network development on various platforms (including
|> Intel86) and OSes, but I am totally new to Linux. What
|> would be an optimal way for somebody like me to learn
|> both Linux driver development and Linux Kernel
|> internals ?

this has been very recently asked on the list. some of the suggested answers were:

books:

. linux kernel development by robert love
. linux device drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet.
. understanding linux kernel by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati.

(last two will have new editions soon covering 2.6 kernels)

regards,
pedro venda.
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Pedro João Lopes Venda
email: pj...@mega.ist.utl.pt
http://arrakis.dhis.org

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Christoph Anton Mitterer

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Jan 2, 2005, 9:40:10 AM1/2/05
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What about http://kernelnewbies.org/?
I'm also extremely new in the kernel-programming scene (have done my
first post to lkml just two days ago ;-) ) and I tried to start there...

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Lethalman

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Jan 2, 2005, 9:50:10 AM1/2/05
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Me too :) i made some few patch since about a week

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Kotian, Deepak

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Jan 3, 2005, 1:30:07 AM1/3/05
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>>. linux kernel development by robert love
This seems to be pretty good.

>>. linux device drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet.

When is this expected, a week,a month..

books:

Jonathan Corbet

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Jan 3, 2005, 10:20:09 AM1/3/05
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> >>. linux device drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet.
> When is this expected, a week,a month..

LDD3 (by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman)
will, it is hoped, be ready to be the star of the show at LinuxWorld in
Boston, next month. The online release will, as usual, take some time
to prepare; I can't predict just when that will be.

jon

Jonathan Corbet
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Kotian, Deepak

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Jan 4, 2005, 2:40:07 AM1/4/05
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Good to hear that. All the best.

Thanks and Regards
Deepak


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