toxischerabflussreiniger@gmx.net wrote: > > > linux is not a toy system like minix, so "student projects" are often not particularly easy > > to come up with (though I'm sure others have ideas ...) > > humm ... does that mean, that one should start playing around with minix first before > working with the linux kernel? > i'm pretty confused about what i should do now, because i've bougth two books > about linux kernel (development), namely Understanding The Linux Kernel and > Writing Linux Device Drivers. > They're said to be a great start for every kernel newbie ... but should a real (unix) > kernel newbie really start with linux? > > kashif seems to have the same problem ... many theoretic stuff, but no exercises. > There is also a book called "Kernel Projects for Linux" by Gary Nutt. I think it was written for one of the 2.2.x kernels, but it is still pretty interesting. The projects are geared for learning Linux rather than things that need to be done to improve Linux. Bruce -- Bruce Blinn -o) Mission Critical Linux, Inc. /\ 408-615-9100 www.MissionCriticalLinux.com _\_v blinn@MissionCriticalLinux.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
