Beyond kernel-janitor

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi,
This is a good and detailed free document about Linux Kernel
Networking, 186 pages, February 2012:

"Linux Kernel Networking" by Rami Rosen.

http://media.wix.com/ugd//295986_a3dcb13a2f46d15cb75abab021a239da.pdf

Found here: (also some other good networking lectures).
http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen

rgs
Kevin Wilson



On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Kumar amit mehta <gmate.amit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> After watching Greg's video on "How to write and submit your first patch",the
> discussions that happened over kernel newbie mailing list and the assorted
> information scattered in the kernel Documentation directory, I was able to set
> up my Linux box for sending janitorial related patches (mostly checkpatch.pl
> cleanup) [1] and I'm happy that some of those got merged in the upstream kernel
> I'd like to contribute even more and I was wondering how to proceed further.
> My work experience has been mostly in the computer network domain, so I think
> I've somewhat high level view of the Linux networking subsystem, but I do not
> know the exact areas where I should concentrate. For a beginner like me, trying
> to start at the core network elements is daunting. On the other hand, I do not
> have a networking device for which I can try to come up with a minimal device
> driver. Therefore In order to concentrate my work on Network subsystem of Linux,
> what should be the possible entry points for me. I'm planning to get myself this
> book [2] on Linux Network Internals. While this would take a while for me to
> digest all the stuff, are there any other places where I can just Jumpstart ?
>
> [1] http://marc.info/?a=135084530900004&r=1&w=2
> [2] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002558.do
>
> Looking forward for your suggestions.
>
> -Amit
>
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