Want to learn

Want to learn

[Todor Todorov]

Hi there,

probably an often asked question and you are most probably tired of it, 
but...

I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of one 
another. And here I am looking at the source tree and not knowing where 
to start. The 'Documentation' folder would probably be a good bet but 
after that? I suupose, I could go see what is in the 'drivers' directory 
but I don't think taht I would understand much of it if I don't know how 
the things below work. So where should I start reading the source? 
Somewhere in the 'kernel' dir? Or in 'include'? or in 'asm'???

I would appreciate any useful advice, thanks in advance

Todor

Re: Want to learn

[Nils Juergens]

On Thu, 03.01.02, Todor Todorov <ttodorov@web.de> wrote:

> I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of one 
> another.

You might want to take a look at

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/wiki/moin.cgi/KernelHacking

good luck,

Nils

Re: Want to learn

[Rik van Riel]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Todor Todorov wrote:

> I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of
> one another. And here I am looking at the source tree and not knowing
> where to start. The 'Documentation' folder would probably be a good
> bet but after that?

Indeed, you really should look into Documentation/

Another useful place would be http://kernelnewbies.org/

kind regards,

Rik
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