On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:32:31 -0700 G. Richard Bellamy wrote:

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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Randy Dunlap [mailto:rdunlap@xenotime.net]
> > Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 3:00 PM
> > 
> > You should at least tell us what area of development you are targeting.
> > Or ask some specific questions.
> > 
> > 
> > It would also help if you posted any code that you already have developed.
> > Someone (or more than one) could give you pointers/hints/help for it.
> 
> Randy,
> 
> Thanks for the response. The reason I took this tack is that I was hoping to
> avoid embarrassment.
> 
> I've been coding C/C++ for years, and yet I'm finding myself asking truly
> novice questions in my attempt to ramp up on my understanding of kernel
> development. I'd never seen/heard of the Mentor list, so I thought I'd give
> it a shot.
> 
> I'm mostly interested in driver development, though everything
> Kernel-related interests me.
> 
> Part of my problem is that I've been combining my Kernel research with
> distro-specific build environments (Ubuntu), so I have trouble telling when
> my problem is my understanding of the distro, or my understanding of the
> base kernel development process. For instance, I've been switching back and
> forth between the linux-2.6.git and the ubuntu-maverick.git source trees...

Yeah, lots of people do that.  I focus on Linux (Linus) mainline, no matter
what distro I am using.

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> And I swear, I just figured out that n00b issue I've been having for several
> days. Nothing like being tasked with explaining myself for cleaning out the
> mental cobwebs...

That happens.

Have you checked out http://kernelnewbies.org/ ?
It has some good documentation and a helpful mailing list.

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~Randy
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