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Reading linux kernel

July 23, 2008 - 11:11am
Submitted by Anonymous on July 23, 2008 - 11:11am.
Linux

Dear all,
I am a newbie of linux kernel. I have read the source code of kernel 2.6.26 and the book < for a few days. But I found that it is still really hard for me to understand the source code. (I haven't understood the start_kernel funtion now). Could you kindly give me some advice to help me improve quickly?
Thanks.

Zidadi

start_kernel is one of the

July 23, 2008 - 3:24pm
Anonymous (not verified)

start_kernel is one of the easiest functions (it just calls out to others).
Also, I suggest you make yourself familiar with functions from the area you are interested in, for example, if you were to go with netfilter, you hardly need to bother with start_kernel.c.

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