Nidhi, Given all the above will make you start on the how the user level programms work. To understand kernel in more detail so that you can start working on kernel code, get the book understanding linux kernel by Daniel P bovet. and Marco. (third edition 2.6) Printed by ORelly. This book really helped me to get start on linux kernel. For writing device drivers get Linux device drivers printed by orelly (third edition 2.6) All the best
Sri On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Sunil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Sandeep K Sinha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Well Nidhi, >> >> I would suggest you to take the following step, >> >> 1. C Programming. - k& R. >> 2. UNIX My Ultimate Guide - Sumitabha Das. >> 3. Beginner's Linux Programming - Neil Matthews & Richard Stones - >> O'reily. >> 4. Design of UNIX operating system - Maurice Bach. >> 5. Linux Kernel Development - Robert Love. >> 6. UTLK - Bovet & Cesati. >> >> Well, It will definitely take some time for you to get yourself >> comfortable with the kernel source code. >> So, Better start doing some advanced application level programming >> before wading through the source code. i.e thread programming, >> sockets, shared memory, message queues, signal handlers and all that. >> >> Also, while entering into the kernel source code, kindly google and >> read read some docs on "Linked List in Linux Kernel", it would really >> be helpful for you. >> >> It will take time, so have patience. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Jiri Pirko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:15:37 +0530 >> > "nidhi mittal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> hi all >> >> i m just a new in this field of kernel programming on my own i tried to >> >> study ULK by bovet still in mid of it .. >> >> a bit programming on processes fork exec , sys call related to files , >> >> threads ,etc from Advanced linux programmin book >> >> but still when i try to understand source code i find it difficult to >> >> understand as its huge where to start from .. >> >> code is not much documented ... >> >> could anyone please help me out ... >> >> >> >> and one more thing as i am studying theory only from ULK i wanted to >> have >> >> some practical exp of writing code ... >> >> how & where shd i start from pl help >> >> >> >> >> > Advanced C knowledge is necessary. Read parts od /Documentation/ >> > relevant to you, starting with HOWTO. Also book Linux Kernel >> > Development by Robert Love is great. >> > >> > Jirka >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >> > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Sandeep. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner." >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >> "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >> >> > One thing I would suggest is, start understanding system calls. Take some > basic call like open. It starts in kernel at sys_open[sys_<syscall_name>]. > Browse through code. Use ctags, cscope to make it easiar, or use lxr [ > http://lxr.linux.no/]. > > >> i wanted to have some practical exp of writing code ...how & where shd i > start from pl help > For this I would suggest 'linux kernel module programming guide'. This is > really a good guide for starters. > > I am newbie too, correct if needed. > > -- > Sunil. > >
