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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=9y=_NnC349523E_qgJ2nSk1++3Z_Phx+GMJW4@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 13:56:19 -0400 From: Someone Something <fordhaivat@...il.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: How the heck do I get started? Hello everyone, I am a pretty so so C programmer (I've written small networked stuff, a simple game engine, GUI tools etc.), I just do programming as a hobby and I'm a middle school student. I am interested in low level programming and I dabble in assembly, so, I downloaded the latest kernel source and the sheer size of it just blows my mind. How should I get started hacking on it? Writing modules, or just browsing through the code and trying to understand it? Any books you guys recommend? I'm pretty sure that you're sick and tired of these newb questions, so, I actually did some research, and I do have a few concrete questions. 1) Does the linux kernel use pages AND segments? Or just one of them? If its pages, how does it deal with the wasted memory at the end of each page? Very small pages? 2) I looked at the 0.01 kernel and it has this weird mix of nasm and gas syntax for its assembly. Why's that? 3) Is there some kind of tracker for the kernel where it lists bugs and stuff? 4) If I do have a patch I'd like to submit, how would I do this? Thanks a lot, Dhaivat -- 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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