From: martinez.javier@gmail.com (Javier Martinez Canillas)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Learning Linux Kernel
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:25:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAwP0s3KmqPUOJg54czcTeEi_FNfkd1vvCj8VkyXwKZ2N47LfA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAD7Ssm_bR3fRWuX13jt4_Rs6UAj4zAkgEEbrCcMLUmHtVfOrZg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Kaushal Shriyan
<kaushalshriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Alexandru Juncu <alex.juncu@rosedu.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Kaushal Shriyan
>> <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have been working on Linux OS for the last 10 years and it has been
>> > very
>> > exiting and challenging to learn new technologies based on Linux. I am
>> > basically a Sys Admin for Linux with bash programming and configuring
>> > and
>> > setting up Linux Server including network services like BIND DNS,Apache
>> > etc...
>> >
>> > Although i do not know C and ASM Language, I am very much eager to start
>> > learning Linux Kernel Code and contribute to linux kernel codebase
>> > sometimes
>> > down the line.
>> > Please guide/suggest me.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I think people appreciate your enthusiasm. I do think that knowing C
>> programming is a prerequisite. So you need to start with that.
>> For the theory, if you want to start learning how the kernel works, I
>> recommend the book Linux Kernel Development [1] by Robert Love.
>> Another thing I would give you is this video [2] to know how to submit
>> your first patch.
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468/ref=pd_sim_b_3
>> [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4
>
>
>
> Hi
>
> Just curious to know about total number of linux kernel developers in the
> world who contribute to linux kernel codebase. Any wiki or webpage which
> mentions about it?
>
> Regards
>
These are a statistics page, not sure how accurate it is though:
http://www.remword.com/kps_result/
I think that the best place to look at this are the annual reports of
the Linux foundation:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf
Best regards,
--
Javier Mart?nez Canillas
(+34) 682 39 81 69
Barcelona, Spain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-13 0:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-12 23:39 Learning Linux Kernel Kaushal Shriyan
2011-12-12 23:47 ` Jeff Haran
2011-12-12 23:50 ` Greg KH
2011-12-12 23:51 ` Alexandru Juncu
2011-12-13 0:07 ` Kaushal Shriyan
2011-12-13 0:25 ` Javier Martinez Canillas [this message]
2011-12-13 0:30 ` Greg KH
2011-12-13 4:30 ` Victor Rodriguez
2011-12-13 14:34 ` Kaushal Shriyan
2011-12-13 18:37 ` Jonathan Neuschäfer
2011-12-13 6:20 ` nilesh
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