Beginner guide

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:58:02 +0530, Prudhvee Narasimha Sadha said:
>
> >      I just want to know what I should learn and any suggested books to
> > learn kernel programming.
>
> Learn C.  Learn C *really* well.  Especially the way the Linux
> kernel implements object-oriented concepts using callbacks through
> structures of function pointers (struct file_ops, etc...)

  particularly gcc extensions that are used extensively in the kernel:

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Extensions.html

rday

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