-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of Joris Bolsens Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:07 AM To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org Subject: Re: Learning things -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 In that case do you have any general recommendations? Or is there some sort of project that covers most of the basics? I learn best by doing and most stuff I found online goes pretty slow and is a bit boring :/ Thanks a ton On 04/06/2015 10:02 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:43:46 -0700, Joris Bolsens said:
I'm working on trying to teach myself C and was wondering if you had any kernel specific recommendations.
Don't bother trying until you have an actual good working knowledge of C.
Work in userspace where your screw-ups just take the process out, not the entire system, until stuff like a SIGSEGV becomes a rarity. *THEN* start considering kernel work.
A google search on "open source projects written in c" yielded this: http://www.quora.com/What-are-open-source-projects-that-are-written-in-C-C++... Jeff Haran