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From: Madhu M K. <mm...@ya...> - 2003-09-23 18:58:53
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Rusty Russell on /. and other places: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/892 -- A: What advice would you offer to those that are just beginning to get curious about how the Linux kernel works? Rusty Russell: New kernel programmers are great, and the kernel has some beautiful code in it. But there are so many other cool projects out there: not just deep hacker things like gcc, qemu and valgrind, but with the flowering of KDE and GNOME, the breadth of projects has exploded too. A good programmer can make a huge difference to one of these projects, and for many of them you can still read all of the code! Noone understands all the kernel anymore. But if the kernel is really what you're interested in, just remember there are over 6 million lines of code, and so you'd best start somewhere relatively self-contained! Other than that, I recommend kernelnewbies.org and Linux Device Drivers. -- Note the deep hacker reference to valgrind :) Cheerio, M Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk at yahoo-inc dt com |