Re: I want to learn Linux Kernel Development

2008-05-04 Thread ravisagar
Thank Arvind and kyle for your responses. I will start with the Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide for now. BTW do which Linux distro should I install for practicing Kernel Hacking. I guess I just need a OS with Kernel only. I am thinking of doing minimum install of guest Fedora 8 on my Fedora

why kernel use git instead of CVS or SVN

2008-05-04 Thread vichy
Dear all: Right now the kernel and Xorg is maintained by git rather than SVN or CVS. Would someone tell me the reason why the kernel repository uses git? Thanks a lot, vichy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with unsubscribe kernelnewbies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at

Re: why kernel use git instead of CVS or SVN

2008-05-04 Thread Michael Blizek
Hi! On 15:37 Sun 04 May , vichy wrote: Dear all: Right now the kernel and Xorg is maintained by git rather than SVN or CVS. Would someone tell me the reason why the kernel repository uses git? Thanks a lot, vichy SVN/CVS requires a central repositories. Git can handle multiply

Stack at high memory locations

2008-05-04 Thread Anant Narayanan
Hi, While implementing a binary format loader for a foreign executable format, we have found the need to setup the user stack starting at (virtual) address 0xE000 instead of the usual 0xC000. However a call to setup_arg_pages() with that value returns -EINVAL. Is there any way to

RE: I want to learn Linux Kernel Development

2008-05-04 Thread vichy
Hi: I check the google page of kernelnewbies, but it seems a lot of archives named as kernelnewbies. Are they all mirrors? If they are all mirrors, which one is the original one that I should start from? Appreciate your help, vichy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: I want to learn Linux Kernel Development

2008-05-04 Thread Kyle Spaans
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:45 AM, vichy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I check the google page of kernelnewbies, but it seems a lot of archives named as kernelnewbies. Are they all mirrors? If they are all mirrors, which one is the original one that I should start from? They should all be

Re: I want to learn Linux Kernel Development

2008-05-04 Thread Jesper Juhl
2008/5/4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry for asking this stupid question. I don't know how to search archive mailing list. I want to learn Linux Kernel Programming. I have books like Understanding the Linux Kernel, Linux Kernel Development and The Linux Kernel Module Programming, but I don't know

Re: why kernel use git instead of CVS or SVN

2008-05-04 Thread DigitalPig
vichy == vichy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: vichy Dear all: Right now the kernel and Xorg is maintained by git vichy rather than SVN or CVS. Would someone tell me the reason why vichy the kernel repository uses git? Thanks a lot, vichy Linus decided to use Git instead of SVN or CVS

Re: Regarding unintialized variables

2008-05-04 Thread Li Zefan
debian developer wrote: Hello, Consider the following code snippet... const char *type; switch (rfkill-type) { case RFKILL_TYPE_WLAN: type = wlan; break; case RFKILL_TYPE_BLUETOOTH: type = bluetooth;

Re: why kernel use git instead of CVS or SVN

2008-05-04 Thread Anupam Kapoor
vichy vichy wrote: , | Dear all: Right now the kernel and Xorg is maintained by git rather | than SVN or CVS. Would someone tell me the reason why the kernel | repository uses git? Thanks a lot, vichy ` linus doesn't scale anupam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with

RE: errors from booting from a custom built kernel

2008-05-04 Thread Rajat Jain
Hi, help here? Is it possible that the config file of the installed RH8.0, which is /boot/config-2.4.18-14, includes too much or too little configuration that the custom built kernel is not fully working? Yes the configuration may be inappropriate depending upon how much the the running

how to kernel debugging

2008-05-04 Thread amol verule
hi to all, i am new to kernel .can any one tell me about document for debugging kernel. is any patch is require for it i.e kdb kgdb? i am using 2.6.21 kernel i have compiled this kernel with DEBUG_KERNEL=y option anything else is require to enable? how can i debug my kernel ?

what's the proper target to create the initramfs gz image?

2008-05-04 Thread Robert P. J. Day
based on what i can read in usr/Makefile, what would be the proper target to create the final form of the initramfs image file initramfs_data.cpio.gz, and proceed no further than that? thanks. rday -- Robert P. J. Day

EXPORT_SYMBOL Vs extern?

2008-05-04 Thread pradeep singh
Hi All, A Quick but perhaps dumbass query, 1. int function_A(...) { ...; } 2. int function_B(...) { ...; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(function_B); Okay i understand I should use the EXPORT_SYMBOL way if i want function_B to be used by rest of the kernel. Now I have a