* Getting started with kernel sources [Was: No subject]
@ 2011-06-16 11:48 Daniel Baluta
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From: Daniel Baluta @ 2011-06-16 11:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 2:41 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
>
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> for example? to understand????? do_fork()???? function? for process
> creation? which is defined in? kernel/fork.c
There's no shortcuts. :)
Use dump_stack() in various places and check
what functions are called.
Also use lxr ([1]) for code browsing.
Please add a relevant Subject description to your emails.
thanks,
Daniel.
[1] http://lxr.linux.no/
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