-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org [mailto:kernelnewbies- bounces@kernelnewbies.org] On Behalf Of r00nk@simplecpu.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 6:58 PM To: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org Subject: How do _you_ read the linux source?
The following question gets asked a lot, "I know C, but reading the kernel source is hard, what should I do?" and the common response is "ctags." It's a lot like asking "how can I build a house?" and receiving the response "screwdriver."
I'll put in another plug for Coverity's source code browser here. https://scan.coverity.com/ To use it you need to sign-up for an account, but that is free and it's much better for browsing large projects than ctags, cscope, grep, etc., IMHO. Jeff Haran