From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kaushalshriyan@gmail.com (Kaushal Shriyan) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:37:56 +0530 Subject: Learning Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Alexandru Juncu wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Kaushal Shriyan > 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 Kaushal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20111213/9a4f8049/attachment.html