[ros-kernel] Re: Kernel code: where do I start reading ? <ORGINAL> RE: windows clone!?

[Gene I <ge...@ya...>]

If you want to understand the big picture of how the
kernel works you should probably read "Inside Windows
2000" by Solomon and Russinovich. It's a very good
book and it is very clear. (also you may want to look
at the articles posted at
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/information.shtml
website of the book authors)
 
After/while reading that book, I would look at the "nt
insider newsletter" here:
http://www.osr.com/ntinsider_online.shtml (look under
back issues). A lot of good articles, but geared more
towards the device driver writers.

Another source is windows DDK (you can donwload it for
free, if you haven't done it already). You should have
it as a reference for the functions that are exported
by the kernel. 

Design of reactos kernel follows the design of winnt
as it is described in many books. So basically any
book on nt device drivers and nt kernel will give you
information to understand the implementation in
reactos.

If I were to try to read reactos source code again, I
would start by looking at the implementation of one of
the device drivers. From this I would just look at how
different parts of the os are implemented: process
manager, memory manager... by looking at the source
code for the exported functions and the data
structures that are used.

Hope this helps,
ei

--- Reddog Hummer <red...@ho...> wrote:
> Looking at the code is one thing, understanding it
> is another. Reading the
> documentation that is acompanied usualy helps a bit
> but.....
> where do you start reading to understand the kernel,
> to understand the
> workings ?
> 


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