On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 03:07:46PM +0530, Mohit Varma wrote:
I know a book ...linux kernel network programming which will help me get started. Are there any more books which can help me.
there are some great reads here: http://haifux.org/rami_rosen.html this guy also has a recent book on: http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen
Secondly, how to look for problems to work on...more importantly how to ensure that hardware dependency doesn't come in my way...is there a simulated environment that I can use.
I use qemu or KVM and have a VM (virtual machine) that I run on my laptop. I have a small minimal kernel that I can quickly compile and boot in the VM with out having to reboot my real hardware. I set up two tap devices, my VM has two nics, and I make it route from my desktop to my gateway. With this setup and can make changes in the kernel and quickly see them running.