[abhijeet tripathi]

Venkat,

You can use http://lxr.linux.no/ to browse for kernel source. It's an online tool and you can directly see the usage, declaration, definition of functions, structures, etc.
My $.02
 
Best regards,
Abhijeet Tripathi
Email: abhijeet.tripathy at yahoo.co.in 


----- Original Message -----
From: Anand Arumugam <anand.arumug at gmail.com>
To: Javier Martinez Canillas <martinez.javier at gmail.com>
Cc: Kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org; Venkateswarlu P <p.venkatesh551 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, 16 June 2011 6:19 AM
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@Venkateswarlu: Henceforth, please include a subject in your email.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
<martinez.javier at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Venkateswarlu P
> <p.venkatesh551 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> how to understand the kernerl source  files in a simple way
>>
>>
>> what header  files i have to understand first
>>
>>
>> for example  to understand      do_fork()     function  for process
>> creation  which is defined in  kernel/fork.c
>>
>
> In the end the Linux kernel is just a big project written in C.
> Instead of asking what files do you need to understand. You should ask
> yourself what subsystem do you want to learn?
>
> Focus on functionality and browse the code to understand. As others
> pointed before there are lots of good books that will give you a high
> overview of the kernel.
>
> The first book that I recommend reading is Linux kernel development by
> Robert Love, but only if you have already read a book on operating
> system concepts. The best book for me is Andrew Tanenbaum's Modern
> Operating Systems.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> --
> Javier Martínez Canillas
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> PhD Student in High Performance Computing
> Computer Architecture and Operating System Department (CAOS)
> Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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