Choosing the right environment

[Gusman Dharma Putra]

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From: "Philipp Muhoray" <philipp.muhoray at gmail.com>
To: kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org
Sent: 11/1/2014 9:41:36 PM
Subject: Choosing the right environment

>Hello there,
>
>After reading LDD and LKD, I feel ready to start some actual kernel 
>hacking. Therefore I wanted to ask you what environment I should use in 
>the beginning. I have several options, but I'm not sure on which one to 
>set up my workspace:
>
>
>- I could develop directly on and against my main machines 
>(desktop/laptop) – This is probably not a good idea, since they are 
>used in „production“ and I don't want to mess things up there
>
>- I could go with a virtual machine on one of my main machines – But 
>I'm not quite sure whether the hardware-abstraction will give me 
>troubles when hacking on hardware drivers (which I want to start with)
>
>- I could also use my Raspberry Pi – I'm only afraid that the slightly 
>different environment (SD card instead of hard disk, ARM instead of 
>x86, limited I/O) could turn out to be a larger obstacle than I thought
>
>- I have some pretty old stand alone desktops which I could use – But 
>the hardware is so old (2004ish)
>
>
>
>I think my preference is the Raspberry Pi, because I would work on 
>actual modern hardware without worrying about messing things up. Are 
>there some drawbacks I'm not considering? Or am I just overthinking 
>this? What did you use in the beginning?
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>Philipp
>
Raspberry Pi is better option since you can add customization by using 
unallocated pin.
>
Best regards,
Gusman
>
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