i think it should be more like a long term effort than a small bouts of excited hacking for a weekend... that doesn't work at this scale,... it's more about practice and having a community around is the best way to attain it... IMO... so I think the first thing is to have (perhaps) someone with experience... to help... often (in other places) there's someone in college... professor... who can help... But most of the times they aren't all too interested in helping...(at least in Nepal) because they don't do much researches there... So, the only idea i believe is to share annotations, documentations... I'd like to reiterate the importance of cross referencing... like lxr go to lxr.linux.no ( FYI there's another one at lxr.mozilla.org for mozilla geeks) that'll help in tons for understanding the kernel and how bits flow... :) only way to understand is by sharing.... and learning is done by urself no matter how much u r taught...... i mean the workshop isn't going to help anyone unless people aren't genuinely interested in doing it...
On Dec 6, 2007 11:41 AM, Ujwal Shrestha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, > it's good to know peoples opinion here about hacking kernel and write > device drivers. In my reference I started reading ldd3 for some 50 > pages and so on for some months back but now it's /dev/null ,bcuz of > some java and college works. Sooner i'll be back with some works in > hand. Getting and making people involved in OSS development is > extremely cool idea as i think regarding FOSS-NEPAL. It's good to have > some workshops and workouts on LDD and kernel from fossnepal. Hope to > find and get kernel workshops and tutors even by web or face to face. > Regards > Ujwal > > On 12/6/07, Prasanna Gautam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've created a link but I'll start writing on it in a few hours, days > maybe > > .... I'll try to make it more organized and possibly include some pdfs > here > > and there.... for the time being.... try downloading the oreilly books > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxkernel/ > > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/ > > Oh yeah... the "Running Linux" book is also pretty decent in this > series... > > Also I found the Operating Systems Principles books (Peter Galvin)... > > pretty good for understanding.. esp for people more familiar with > java.... > > multithreading is a tough nut to get ur head around.... hehe.. oh yeah > and > > you will understand windows systems better once u get familiar with > > unices.... > > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Kernel_Development_Resources > > > > On Dec 6, 2007 12:43 AM, प्रबीण ( ओपन ठिटो ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Its nice to have such workshop. lets discuss on organazing it. Guys > here > > > lets do it. Prasanna, Bikal and many others are therewith us. may be > > > Nepalinux developers,Ujjwal and Manish could input on kickstart. Hope > to > > > hear from them soon. > > > > > > > > > Prasanna, Why not we use foss nepal wiki for this purpose. lets add up > > > there itself so one doesn't have to search various sites to get > > > resouces/materials. I suggest to make a link on wiki.fossnepal.org and > > > start wiking with it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > -- > > > Prabin Gautam "ओपन ठिटो" > > > Registered Linux User #443940 > > > letS makE ouR streeT FOSSible.......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Regards > उजवल ujwal > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
