Ok I am wanting to learn how a OS kernel works and was wanting to read over the Linux kernel code. However, Ive never don’t this kind of thing before and was wondering if there was specific way I should go through the code.. Thanks
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Ok I am wanting to learn how a OS kernel works and was wanting to read over the Linux kernel code. However, Ive never don’t this kind of thing before and was wondering if there was specific way I should go through the code.. Thanks
I would start with kernelnewbies or for a very simple intro learning linux kernel
That is if you want to specifically know the Linux kernel. But after 20years the Linux kernel is now a very large and complex project and so probably isn’t the best intro to how a simple Unix kernel works
There is a very interesting project to implement a kernel in python which is probably an easier start if you simply want to know how a kernel works
ps If you prefer paper there is an O’Reilly book – it’s a little dated but does cover the 2.6 kernel. I haven’t read this edition so I don’t know how good it is.