Hi, On 11/13/2013 11:25 AM, Mandeep Sandhu wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Naman Shekhar Mishra > <mishra123.naman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi mentors, >> I have been studying the Linux kernel for some time and now I am going to >> try and get my hands hands dirty with the kernel. Can you please tell me >> what is the best distro for this? I have experience with Gentoo and LFS but > If you're comfortable with Gentoo then I guess you're ready for kernel > development! :P (kidding!) The reason I say this is because I heard > (I've not used Gentoo personally) that you get to build/install all > packages from scratch before using them! :) > > You can also have a look at the popular ones like Ubuntu, Fedora or > Mint (dunno much about Mint though). They come with good package > managers and that makes installing stuff easy. So whether you want to > install eg binutils or a new browser or even the kernel sources, the > package manager will help you get all the stuff + it's dependencies. Ack. Use whatever distro _YOU_ like best. The only restrictions are the minimal requirements of the kernel. You can find them in the source in Documentation/Changes They should not be a problem with any newer distro, in example for 3.12 they are: ---<snip>--- Current Minimal Requirements ============================ Upgrade to at *least* these software revisions before thinking you've encountered a bug! If you're unsure what version you're currently running, the suggested command should tell you. Again, keep in mind that this list assumes you are already functionally running a Linux kernel. Also, not all tools are necessary on all systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example, you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils. o Gnu C 3.2 # gcc --version o Gnu make 3.80 # make --version o binutils 2.12 # ld -v o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V o e2fsprogs 1.41.4 # e2fsck -V o jfsutils 1.1.3 # fsck.jfs -V o reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 # reiserfsck -V o xfsprogs 2.6.0 # xfs_db -V o squashfs-tools 4.0 # mksquashfs -version o btrfs-progs 0.18 # btrfsck o pcmciautils 004 # pccardctl -V o quota-tools 3.09 # quota -V o PPP 2.4.0 # pppd --version o isdn4k-utils 3.1pre1 # isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version o nfs-utils 1.0.5 # showmount --version o procps 3.2.0 # ps --version o oprofile 0.9 # oprofiled --version o udev 081 # udevd --version o grub 0.93 # grub --version || grub-install --version o mcelog 0.6 # mcelog --version o iptables 1.4.2 # iptables -V ---<snap>--- thx, andi > > HTH, > -mandeep > > >> would they be good if I just want to get involved in kernel development >> (and not the maintenance overhead that comes with these distros)? It would >> be useful for me if you could tell me the distro you use. >> >> Thanks and regards, >> Naman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
