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<DIV>From: "Philipp Muhoray" <<A href="mailto:philipp.muhoray@gmail.com">philipp.muhoray@gmail.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <A href="mailto:kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org">kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org</A></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: 11/1/2014 9:41:36 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Choosing the right environment</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">Hello there,<BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">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:</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><BR>- 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<BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">- 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)</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">- 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</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">- I have some pretty old stand alone desktops which I could use – But the hardware is so old (2004ish)</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">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?<BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%"><BR>Best regards,</P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; LINE-HEIGHT: 100%">Philipp</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Raspberry Pi is better option since you can add customization by using unallocated pin. </DIV>
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<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
<DIV>Gusman </DIV>
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