On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 10:01 -0700, Brian Cavagnolo wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been following the mailing list for more than one month and I > > would like to share my point of view. > > > > I feel (may be i am wrong!!!) that there is a need for tutorials to help > > build the basis for the newbies so that they are competent enough to > > understand the mailing list.... > > Whenever I start digging into another driver subsystem I feel the same > way. However, when I start pursuing the tutorial-level understanding, > I generally have a hard time debugging whatever I'm working on. At > that point I read the available documentation, the source code, and > perhaps an entire book and things come together pretty nicely. > > > If we present the basic tutorials, a newbie like me can take a month or > > two to go through them and then join the list. > > Hmm. Like kernel programming boot camp. Linux Device Drivers filled > this role for me. If you are still looking for a solid intro, I'd > recommend building and running the sources described in this book. It > really helps to demystify some important pieces of the kernel. > > > I always thought there will be more "friendly" material on linux than on > > windows. Although for administration of linux one finds a lot of > > material but for a programmer one finds himself in a group of highly > > skilled programmers lacking an expression (sorry to be rude!!). > > What could be more friendly than the source code:) ? I'll plug LDD > again. It's available online free of charge and is very approachable. > You will need decent C programming skills to understand it, but you > don't need to be an OS theory guru. Good luck! > > Ciao, > Brian THANKS TO ALL FOR THE REPLY May be because I am from a windows "environment" I am facing these difficulties. (I am using the term "environment" for the kind of tutorials, easy pickings, examples present there) I have already completed 13 chapters from LDD 3rd Edition (done all the examples and I think I understand them well...) I have read 5-6 chapters from The Robert Love book. I have read a few chapters from Understanding the linux kernel But at the end of the day, I judge my progress with the mailing list and I find myself struggling... Soo many people not agreeing with me means I am somewhere wrong! I will give it another shot. Thanks again. regards taha -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
