Learning Linux Kernel Development

[Carter Cheng]

Thanks a lot.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 6:42 PM <o at goosey.org> wrote:

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> 10.10.2018, 19:36, "Carter Cheng" <cartercheng at gmail.com>:
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> From: *Carter Cheng* <cartercheng at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:52 PM
> Subject: Learning Linux Kernel Development
> To: <kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org>
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> Hello,
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> Hello,
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> I am actually kind of interested in learning linux kernel development and
> have been over the last few weeks going through Love's Linux Kernel
> Development book which details the situation in the kernel around linux
> 2.6. Obviously for a book of such limited length he can probably only go
> into some of the details and give a taste of what is actually is going on.
> I have a couple questions however and I was wondering if this was the
> correct place to ask-
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> The way to go deeper is to understand the operating system basis and this
> requires good knowledge of C and hardware and kernel experience.
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> 1. After finishing the book and perhaps Understanding the Linux Kernel and
> Linux Device Drivers. What is the best way to dig deeper.
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> This driver is just one of the things that Linux developers work.
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> 2. Is there some good way to figure out how to update knowledge gained
> from this book to what is in the 4.x series of kernels?
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> I think all C code-based drivers will work on all Linux versions after
> downloading kernel please checkout the staging/ folder.
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> Thanks,
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> Regards
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> Carter
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