On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Alexandru Juncu <alex.juncu@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Kaushal Shriyan >> <kaushalshriyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I have been working on Linux OS for the last 10 years and it has been >> > very >> > exiting and challenging to learn new technologies based on Linux. I am >> > basically a Sys Admin for Linux with bash programming and configuring >> > and >> > setting up Linux Server including network services like BIND DNS,Apache >> > etc... >> > >> > Although i do not know C and ASM Language, I am very much eager to start >> > learning Linux Kernel Code and contribute to linux kernel codebase >> > sometimes >> > down the line. >> > Please guide/suggest me. >> > >> > Regards, >> >> Hello! >> >> I think people appreciate your enthusiasm. I do think that knowing C >> programming is a prerequisite. So you need to start with that. >> For the theory, if you want to start learning how the kernel works, I >> recommend the book Linux Kernel Development [1] by Robert Love. >> Another thing I would give you is this video [2] to know how to submit >> your first patch. >> >> [1] >> http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468/ref=pd_sim_b_3 >> [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4 > > > > Hi > > Just curious to know about total number of linux kernel developers in the > world who contribute to linux kernel codebase. Any wiki or webpage which > mentions about it? > > Regards > These are a statistics page, not sure how accurate it is though: http://www.remword.com/kps_result/ I think that the best place to look at this are the annual reports of the Linux foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/lf_linux_kernel_development_2010.pdf Best regards, -- Javier Martínez Canillas (+34) 682 39 81 69 Barcelona, Spain _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
