On 21/08/07, Noud Aldenhoven <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Kernel Develop mailing list,
>
...
>
> I'm a simple Math/Computer Science student and would like to learn
> more about linux and it's kernel.
> To be more precise, I'd to learn how to program in the linux kernel
> and maybe become a developer,
> if everything goes fine.
> But where do I start?
Start by reading Documentation/HOWTO from a recent copy of the kernel source.
> Almost all information I found on the Internet
> if from before 2005
There's lots of good kernel related material to be found online. See
for example :
http://kernelnewbies.org/
http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
http://lwn.net/Kernel/
http://kerneltrap.org/
http://kerneltraffic.org/
> and I think that
> means it's out-of-date.
That's not always true.
> Are there up-to-date documentations that are
> use full to read and explain how
> the kernel is build. (for example, is /usr/src/linux/Documentation a
> use full dir?)
Yes it is useful. Not everything in there is 100% up-to-date, but
there is still a *LOT* of useful documentation to be found there.
> An other question I'd like to ask is how and where did you start? I'd
> like to know how you manage to became
> linux kernel developers.
>
Most people start out fixing small bugs, cleanups etc or by
implementing some small feature or driver that they need. There's no
fixed way.
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