Don't know where to start linux kernel programming

[Cindy-Sue Causey]

On 8/22/17, Kamil Konieczny <k.konieczny at partner.samsung.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 22.08.2017 12:52, SUNIL KHORWAL wrote:
>
>> I'm new to linux kernel programming, I want to be a linux kernel hacker
>> but
>> i don't know where to start.
>> Please help me.
>
> Start from https://kernelnewbies.org/
> https://lwn.net/
> https://www.kernel.org/
>
> You are using gmail, so this may help:
>
> linux/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
>
> or
>
> http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.13-rc6/source/Documentation/process
> http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.13-rc6/source/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
>
> There is eudyptula challange (currently busy, no new subscriptions)
> and there is note about [not] using gmail for kernel:
>
> https://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/ec.pdf


Hi.. I'm pretty sure this is my first post. I found you all about a
week ago. I've been using computers since 1994, but I have cognitive
issues that give me the ongoing insight of a newbie every day. I
actually consider that a win because you never forget what it's like
to be a newbie. :)

I'm just starting this whole process, too. For me, the first thing I
wanted to do was compile the newest stable kernel on my pre-existing
Debian Buster (testing) setup. I spent... like an hour last night just
trying to find a how-to that my brain could comprehend. I finally
ended up back at kernelnewbies k/t the right keywords in a search:

https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelBuild

I'm at the "Duplicating your current config" step which is the one
I'll use for my first attempt at all this.

An observation that may just mean I haven't stumbled upon it yet is
that it would be nice to... stumble upon... a list of kernel problems
that *kernelnewbies* could cut their teeth on. I do understand that
this is a naive wish list item due to the nearly every nanosecond
changing complexity of things. :)

People come in wanting to help but don't always have an end target
project in mind. Some more sleuthing on the Net (for "list of current
linux kernel bugs") showed others asking for the same thing over the
years. That search successfully landed these potential starting points
in our search for where to apply our energies:

* https://bugzilla.kernel.org/

* http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel
  sample: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel

Approximate 20,000 emails *per month*. That's a lot of studying up to
do. I'll see you all out there. :)

Cindy :)

PS My apologies in advance if I initially flub things related to
certain parts of emailing this list. Like starting with this email,
I've culled some of the reply-to because I assume you all are already
directly following this mailing list. :)

-- 
Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA

* runs with duct tape *