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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:01:16 -0500 From: Victor Rodriguez <vm.rod25@...il.com> To: dingshaoheng <dshbusiness@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Hello, newbie wants help. 2010/8/6 dingshaoheng <dshbusiness@...il.com>: > Hello, all. > > I have used linux(ubuntu) for more than one year. > For long time, I wish I can hack in the kernel. > But I still can't fix a bug or write a driver, except compile the kernel. > I really need some suggestion. > Now, I'm reading some book-- > Linux kernel development, second edition, by Robert Love. > Linux device driver, third edition, by Jonatban Corbet etc. > > But I find these books is so difficult to understand. > The author always gave out new things that he has never explained. > I wish if there is some way to learn the kernel step by step, or less hard. > Could anyone give me some advice? > > PS: I have tried to read the source code, but they are even more difficult. > I wish this email has been posted to the right place(not disturb you). > I know you are busy coding. If this email is not appropriately, please do't > be angry, just ignore it. > > Thanks. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Do not worry I think that everyone should had been new in linux ones. If i understand you want to learn how fix a bug and wtitea driver, ok look these are some links that i found interesting last mount when i started to learn linux. For the newwbies just likeus there is a web page http://kernelnewbies.org there you could check the all that you need Take a look to The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/index.html and try to make your own hello word in Kernel Module try to make a char driver and to make a procfs program than and your procfs module to your OS and used it latter this is a really good web page in order to see how to use you char driver to turn on a led in your parallel port for example ( this is a really good device driver example ) : ) http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drivers_linux?page=0%2C0 Then if you want to test your sistem make the TODO from kernel janitors it is a really good beginning it will take you a long time to do all the steps , but it will help you to test your kernel with the Linux Test Project for example or running a random config when you compile your kernel . http://code.google.com/p/kernel-janitors/wiki/TODO To understand linux check this http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ and learn the more that you can about C you will need it a really good book is C Programming Language (2nd Edition) from Kernigan and Ritchie I hope it helps you It helps me Sincerely yours Victor Rodriguez -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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