[OSSNA] Intro to kernel hacking tutorial

Amit Kumar free.amit.kumar at gmail.com
Fri Jul 5 01:10:43 EDT 2019


On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 9:02 AM Amit Kumar <free.amit.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 8:21 AM Tobin C. Harding <me at tobin.cc> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am doing a tutorial at OSSNA in San Diego on getting into kernel
> > hacking.  I'm only a couple of years deep into kernel hacking so I
> > wanted to reach out to those more experienced than myself (and those
> > less experienced).
> >
> > Is there any thing that you would really like to see covered in this
> > tutorial?
> >
> > If you are a grey beard is there anything that you have been lamenting
> > us newbies not knowing/doing?
> >
> > If you are a newbie is there anything that you are struggling with that
> > you really want to learn?
> Thank you.
> Where can I find your tutorial?

I forget to tell, merely creating and sending patches is not important.
Also I would like to know how to manage patches, using git, mutt, quilt
and so on.
Sending patch through git-email is good. But different versions of patch.
Applying patch from mutt. Replying to patch recipients.

> Regards,
> Amit Kumar
>
> > Current format/content: the tutorial will attempt to bridge the gap in
> > the learning process between the 'first patch' page on kernelnewbies.org
> > wiki and being 'comfortable' patching the kernel via LKML.  Outcome will
> > (hopefully) be a small patch set into drivers/staging/.  (Don't worry
> > Greg only one group got to this stage last time, you won't get flooded
> > with patches :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tobin.
> >
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