Kernel Development

[priyaranjan]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 10:54 PM, subham soni <sonikernel1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>         I am a newbie to kernel development. I would like to develop my own
> kernel from scratch. From where should I start from? I have a good
> experience of the commands in Linux (Ubuntu,Fedora,Debian,Slackware).

You can start with reading Linux kernel development by Robert Love.
Also look at minix3 microkernel and its feature. You need to understand the
various modules of OS before writing a one....


> I
> googled out and I came to know that I should start from Device Drivers. Now
> which device driver should I code? Or should I master Shell Scripting? For
> developing a kernel (my aim here would be to increase the battery life,
> since most laptops have only 1.30 hrs or 2.00 hrs in Linux OS) and 3.00 hrs
> in Windows Environment. How should I start and from where?
>

I don't think drivers is the good place to start.

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