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Breaking Into The World Of Kernel Hacking?

Posted by Cliff on from the learning-the-innards-of-a-penguin dept.

crow_t_robot asks: "In the past couple of months I have become increasingly interested in kernel programming and have finally decided to take the leap and 'get my hands dirty.' I have searched around the web and read a few docs and FAQs on getting started with the kernel but I was wondering what kind of personal experiences those in the Slashdot crowd have had that are so bold as to start goofing with the kernel code. For those that have become competent kernel programmers, how did you 'break in' and what advice would you give beginners?"

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  1. Try this by DrStrange · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Read this: http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/index.html

    Lurk on this for a little while (be prepared for 200+ messages per day):
    http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    Watch for to do lists or bug reports to go flying by on the list and start there. Its probably best if you don't try to implement something from scratch your first time out. Start slow and learn the inner workings first.

  2. Kernelnewbies.org by HairyBN · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Here's a good place to start, the web page and the irc channel on irc.openprojects.org #kernelnewbies.

    Happy Hacking!