Messages in this thread |  | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: In great need | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:52:01 +0200 |
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On October 25, 2001 05:58 pm, Rik van Riel wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Patrick Ouellet wrote: > > > As a follower of linux for a couple of years now > > I wanted to go deeper into the madness, > > so I said to myself, why no go as deep as you > > can and get yourself into the Kernel. > > > > My simple question is this: > > > > Were should I start. > > A good place to start would be http://kernelnewbies.org/ > and also the kernelnewbies mailing list and IRC channel.
Highly recommended.
> > I would like to have a nice overview of the kernel > > something that would help me understand all the part > > of the kernel and how they work toghether. > > The book "Understanding the Linux Kernel" by O'Reilly > is nice, also see http://kernelnewbies.org/books.php3
More than nice, I'd say essential. Even though it's based on the 2.2 series it's still 95% relevant.
Here's the best place to start:
http://lxr.linux.no/source/init/main.c#L793
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