On 07/11/2010 05:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > (WARNING: slightly self-serving post, but i figure i've built up at > least a touch of goodwill over the years.) > > first, for the sake of a course i'm writing, i'd like to refer to > what is the current, canonical recipe for configuring and building an > up-to-date kernel for fedora (ideally from the current git tree). i > have a fairly stock recipe from about a year ago but if there's a > single page out there that is *the* fedora-approved way to do it, that > would be terrific, i'd just link to it. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/CustomKernel > now, about the "course" (and here's the self-serving part), i think > i've already mentioned previously that i'm in the midst of writing and > publishing an online course in introductory linux kernel programming: > > http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/introduction-linux-kernel-programming > > the self-serving part is that it's not free. while the first few > lessons are publicly available (and, admittedly, slanted towards > ubuntu but i already have plans to go back on the next pass and add in > RH/fedora alternatives for everything), if you decide you want to take > the entire online course, the cost is all of $39 (CAD). that's not > $39 per lesson, that's for the ***entire course***. and given that > several of those lessons are freely available to everyone, you can > certainly peruse them as much as you want at no risk before deciding. > > about half the lessons are now up, and here's what is probably the > final course outline: > > http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/course-overview-and-syllabus > > at this point, you can pretty much read the rest and decide whether > you're interested. registered students get access to a course mailing > list where they can chat with other students and get help from each > other and, in a pinch, they can email me as well. > > ok, i think i've yammered on long enough. > > rday > > p.s. i'm well aware that there are people who are already pretty > darned good at kernel programming and don't represent a potential > (paying) student, but would still be interested in checking out the > course. if you fall into that category, here's what i've done for a > few people already. > > you can register for a user account at crashcourse.ca, then drop me a > note and i can just quietly reconfigure your account so that you can > read everything. just make the case that it's in my best interests to > give you a free subscription, and i'll take it from there. :-) > > p.p.s. i'm at ottawa linux symposium this week but probably not right > to the very end so if you want to hook and chat over a beer or > something, drop me a note. > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
