[OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[Rafael Fernández López]

Hi,

First of all, sorry if this e-mail is taking your time out. I'm a
computer science student. I love GNU/Linux and I've been using Gentoo
for a long time.

Now, I am starting to read linux kernel, but it is so big that I
cannot understand lots of things. I'd like to know if there is a
website or something that can introduce me into the kernel internals.

Maybe long time ago I could have understood it, but today it's so big...

Thank you very much, and my apologies for this e-mail.

Re: [OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[jmerkey]

Start with head.S in /arch/i386 and follow the code from there.

That's where everything begins.

Jeff


Rafael Ferna'ndez Lo'pez wrote:

>Hi,
>
>First of all, sorry if this e-mail is taking your time out. I'm a
>computer science student. I love GNU/Linux and I've been using Gentoo
>for a long time.
>
>Now, I am starting to read linux kernel, but it is so big that I
>cannot understand lots of things. I'd like to know if there is a
>website or something that can introduce me into the kernel internals.
>
>Maybe long time ago I could have understood it, but today it's so big...
>
>Thank you very much, and my apologies for this e-mail.
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Re: [OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[Chris White]

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On Thursday 15 September 2005 05:46, jmerkey wrote:
> Start with head.S in /arch/i386 and follow the code from there.
>
> That's where everything begins.
>
> Jeff

Not sure what kernel you're using, but in 2.6.13 here it's 
in /arch/i386/kernel/head.S

(nothing find couldn't handle but)

Chris White

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Re: [OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[Michal Piotrowski]

Hi,

On 14/09/05, Rafael Fernández López <ereslibre@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> First of all, sorry if this e-mail is taking your time out. I'm a
> computer science student. I love GNU/Linux and I've been using Gentoo
> for a long time.
> 
> Now, I am starting to read linux kernel, but it is so big that I
> cannot understand lots of things. I'd like to know if there is a
> website or something that can introduce me into the kernel internals.
> 
> Maybe long time ago I could have understood it, but today it's so big...
> 
> Thank you very much, and my apologies for this e-mail.

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ - very good book, you can download pdf's
http://rlove.org/kernel_book/ - another very good book

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/books.php3 - other books

Regards,
Michal Piotrowski

Re: [OT] Starting studying linux kernel

[Christopher Friesen]

Rafael Fernández López wrote:

> Now, I am starting to read linux kernel, but it is so big that I
> cannot understand lots of things. I'd like to know if there is a
> website or something that can introduce me into the kernel internals.
> 
> Maybe long time ago I could have understood it, but today it's so big...

You might try reading the following books:

http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672327201/103-6781097-8768660?v=glance
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0596002130/ref=pd_sim_1/103-6781097-8768660?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

(this last one is based on 2.4)


Chris