Hi, This is a good and detailed free document about Linux Kernel Networking, 186 pages, February 2012: "Linux Kernel Networking" by Rami Rosen. http://media.wix.com/ugd//295986_a3dcb13a2f46d15cb75abab021a239da.pdf Found here: (also some other good networking lectures). http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen rgs Kevin Wilson On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Kumar amit mehta <gmate.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > After watching Greg's video on "How to write and submit your first patch",the > discussions that happened over kernel newbie mailing list and the assorted > information scattered in the kernel Documentation directory, I was able to set > up my Linux box for sending janitorial related patches (mostly checkpatch.pl > cleanup) [1] and I'm happy that some of those got merged in the upstream kernel > I'd like to contribute even more and I was wondering how to proceed further. > My work experience has been mostly in the computer network domain, so I think > I've somewhat high level view of the Linux networking subsystem, but I do not > know the exact areas where I should concentrate. For a beginner like me, trying > to start at the core network elements is daunting. On the other hand, I do not > have a networking device for which I can try to come up with a minimal device > driver. Therefore In order to concentrate my work on Network subsystem of Linux, > what should be the possible entry points for me. I'm planning to get myself this > book [2] on Linux Network Internals. While this would take a while for me to > digest all the stuff, are there any other places where I can just Jumpstart ? > > [1] http://marc.info/?a=135084530900004&r=1&w=2 > [2] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002558.do > > Looking forward for your suggestions. > > -Amit > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
