Re: [RFC] HOWTO do Linux kernel development - take 2

Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-11-16T01:46:05Z

2005/11/16, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 01:23:48AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > Introduction
> > > ------------
> > >...
> > > The kernel is written mostly in C, with some architecture-dependent
> > > parts written in assembly. A good understanding of C is required for
> > > kernel development. Assembly (any architecture) is not required unless
> > > you plan to do low-level development for that architecture. Though they
> > > are not a good substitute for a solid C education and/or years of
> > > experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference:
> > > - "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall]
> > > - "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly]
> > > - "Programming the 80386" by Crawford and Gelsinger [Sybek]
> > > - "UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures" by Curt Schimmel [Addison Wesley]
> >
> >
> > "UNIX Systems for Modern Architectures" is a good book about cpu caches.
> >
> > But it's hardly interesting for the average driver writer and even less
> > a book about C programming.
>
> True, I've removed it now, thanks.

Also why you have to mention those non-free books here? I don't read
them and I live OK. There's plenty of free information one can always
find on the net.

>
> > LDD (as you might have heard, it's also available online for free ;-) )
> > and the book by Robert Love are good starting points for learning kernel
> > programming, and they should IMHO be listed here.
>
> But that's what the Documentation/kernel-docs.txt file has in it. I
> don't want to get into judging which kernel books go into this file, as
> people might think I am a bit biased :)
>
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Coywolf Qi Hunt