Hello form a new Kernel contributor

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2025, Pavan Kumar Yalagada wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> My name is Pavan Kumar Yalagada. I am starting to learn Linux Kernel
> development and plan to submit my first small patch soon.
>
> Currently, I am reading "Linux Kernel Development" by Robert Love to
> better understand kernel internals. I would appreciate any
> guidance or advice for a beginner  like me.

  As the Technical Editor of the 3rd edition of that book, I can
assure you that it is now significantly out of date. Your best source
for kernel documentation is the in-kernel Documentation/ directory.

rday