<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Venkateswarlu P <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:p.venkatesh551@gmail.com">p.venkatesh551@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
how to understand the kernerl source files in a simple way<br><br><br>what header files i have to understand first<br><br><br>for example to understand do_fork() function for process creation which is defined in kernel/fork.c<br>
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<br><br clear="all"><br></font></blockquote><div>There is no sure shot answer to that question.<br>you need to keep reading the book and look at source files it points you to.<br>use ctags/csope to navigate through the code. <br>
Besides read more, look at <a href="http://kernelnewbies.org">kernelnewbies.org</a> site for more information. <br>google a little before you ask these questions.<br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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