From: anand.arumug@gmail.com (Anand Arumugam)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:19:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTikyxAUViNVSkXqxmJDyHWXxGTRskA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=pT99A1H6z2TVxPdk-s-cK-=NhxQ@mail.gmail.com>
@Venkateswarlu: Henceforth, please include a subject in your email.
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Javier Martinez Canillas
<martinez.javier@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Venkateswarlu P
> <p.venkatesh551@gmail.com> wrote:
>> how to understand the kernerl source? files in a simple way
>>
>>
>> what header? files i have to understand first
>>
>>
>> for example? to understand????? do_fork()???? function? for process
>> creation? which is defined in? kernel/fork.c
>>
>
> In the end the Linux kernel is just a big project written in C.
> Instead of asking what files do you need to understand. You should ask
> yourself what subsystem do you want to learn?
>
> Focus on functionality and browse the code to understand. As others
> pointed before there are lots of good books that will give you a high
> overview of the kernel.
>
> The first book that I recommend reading is Linux kernel development by
> Robert Love, but only if you have already read a book on operating
> system concepts. The best book for me is Andrew Tanenbaum's Modern
> Operating Systems.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> --
> Javier Mart?nez Canillas
> (+34) 682 39 81 69
> PhD Student in High Performance Computing
> Computer Architecture and Operating System Department (CAOS)
> Universitat Aut?noma de Barcelona
> Barcelona, Spain
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-16 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-16 11:41 No subject Venkateswarlu P
2011-06-16 11:47 ` Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
2011-06-16 11:55 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2011-06-16 13:19 ` Anand Arumugam [this message]
2011-06-16 15:37 ` Anand Moon
2011-06-19 21:25 ` abhijeet tripathi
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