Newbie to Kernel Development

Newbie to Kernel Development

[George Wright]

Hi all,

I am a newbie to Linux Kernel Development, with a very basic knowledge of C, 
and an OK knowledge of C++/Qt.

I was wondering if the people on this list could help me with my learning of 
C, and help me and bring me up to Kernel Developer status.

Looking through the source code, there are a lot of "printk"s. I believe that 
this is an alternative to printf because printf was unsuitable for this 
purpose, and that it was written by Linus Torvalds, but I don't see why 
printf's not adequate.

I also would like to know about the Linux security model, as well as what 
ELF/a.out is.

Many thanks,

George

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RE: Newbie to Kernel Development

[Sardañons, Eliel]

kernel/printk.c

as you can see printk use vsprintf :)

vsprintf was coded by linus torvalds! .. 

and printf use vsprintf :)

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ELF / a.out are binary formats ..... let say when you compile a program a
header is appended to know let say when the code start, where the data start
in the file... and a lot of more info... a.out is an old especification and
ELF is newer... But you need to know more so, you can find more info in the
linux kernel... 

If i'm wrong please tell me... 

Eliel Sardanons

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:	George Wright [SMTP:wrightg@edgegrove.herts.sch.uk]
> Enviado el:	Thursday, March 29, 2001 11:08 AM
> Para:	Linux Kernel Mailing List
> Asunto:	Newbie to Kernel Development
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am a newbie to Linux Kernel Development, with a very basic knowledge of
> C, 
> and an OK knowledge of C++/Qt.
> 
> I was wondering if the people on this list could help me with my learning
> of 
> C, and help me and bring me up to Kernel Developer status.
> 
> Looking through the source code, there are a lot of "printk"s. I believe
> that 
> this is an alternative to printf because printf was unsuitable for this 
> purpose, and that it was written by Linus Torvalds, but I don't see why 
> printf's not adequate.
> 
> I also would like to know about the Linux security model, as well as what 
> ELF/a.out is.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> George
> 
> --
> 
> Only wimps use tape backup: _real_    | George Wright - Edge Grove School
> - Age 13
> men just upload their important stuff |
> on ftp and let the rest of the world  | Work:
> wrightg@edgegrove.herts.sch.uk
> mirror it - Linus Torvalds            | Home:    georsoc@attglobal.net
>                                       | Play:    georsoc@navaho.net
>  _    _                               | Obsolete: geowr445@email.com
> ('>  <')   the lesser-spotted         |           geowr445@mail.com
> /_\  /_\     penguin (TUX!)           |
> w w  w w                              | Website:
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/
>                                       |
> eric.rsoc/George
> 
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Re: Newbie to Kernel Development

[Guennadi Liakhovetski]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, George Wright wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I am a newbie to Linux Kernel Development, with a very basic knowledge of C, 

...and there is a kernel-newbies mailing list:
kernelnewbies@humbolt.nl.linux.org

> Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel.
> Archive:       http://mail.nl.linux.org/
> IRC Channel:   irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies
> Web Page:      http://www.surriel.com/kernelnewbies.shtml


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Dr. Guennadi V. Liakhovetski
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Sheffield, U.K.
email: G.Liakhovetski@sheffield.ac.uk