From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dhylands@gmail.com (Dave Hylands) Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 09:53:48 -0800 Subject: Virtual machine query In-Reply-To: <1325520792.39210.YahooMailNeo@web95805.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <1325520792.39210.YahooMailNeo@web95805.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org Hi Manish, On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:13 AM, manish honap wrote: > During Kernel development what type of set-up do developers normally use ? > e.g. Machine configuration, virtualization environment etc. > or whether they use physical machines ? I work on ARM based systems so I cross-compile and use a physical board. I tend to develop drivers as modules, so that if it crashes , I can reboot the board and things stay sane. When I'm working on stuff that isn't a driver and can't be in a module, then u-boot (the bootloader) is my friend. -- Dave Hylands Shuswap, BC, Canada http://www.davehylands.com