Release of my Kernel Development Tool

2023-05-27 Thread Lucas Tanure
Hi, I have been working with Kernel development and single-board computers for a few years now, and to help me with my development, I created this tool: https://github.com/lucastanure/kernel_dev_tools (GPLv2) It helps me to build and test the kernel in a faster and easy way. But it also helps

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-04-24 Thread Amit Kumar
all due respect, you've been posting about your promises to > start learning linux kernel development and write about it for many > months now, and while you've produced nothing in terms of actual blog > content, you continue to recommend that people follow you and check > out

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-11 Thread Robert P. J. Day
free. So, keep in touch. > > Regards, > Amit Kumar with all due respect, you've been posting about your promises to start learning linux kernel development and write about it for many months now, and while you've produced nothing in terms of actual blog content, you continue t

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread FMDF
Kara gave a really good list of topics torelating > to kernel development. I'd also really recommend reading > https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/SUMMARY.md > > A pretty good place to start kernel development is by writing kernel > modules. https://lwn.net/Kernel/LD

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread Amit Kumar
> From: Amit Kumar > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:15 PM > To: Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva; Kernel Newbies; to...@tcarey.uk > Subject: Re: A blog for kernel development > > Hi, > Thank you for your replies. > I am just laying the foundation. After

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread John A
Where's the web address? V/r, John aronetics.com We Speak IT® --mobile-- From: Amit Kumar Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:15 PM To: Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva; Kernel Newbies; to...@tcarey.uk Subject: Re: A blog for kernel development Hi, Thank yo

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread Amit Kumar
rom new kernel and test. in this >> > case, learn bootloader, initramfs and actuall real kernel file where is it >> > and what is size for example? >> > >> > An example question: >> > >> > So if Linux is written entirely in C and C programs every

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread Torin Carey
Hi Amit, On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 10:01:40PM +0530, Amit Kumar wrote: > https://blog.freeark1.tv/2022/03/our-friend-printf.html Nice blog! Just to let you know, there's a difference between development on Linux and Linux kernel development. Wikipedia has a pretty good general article on

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread Amit Kumar
arners. I am also running a blog for stuff related to Linux kernel > development. > https://blog.freeark1.tv > When a new post will appear on this blog I'll mail it on this thread. > Soon I'll start posting about kernel development. > > Regards, > Amit Kumar _

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-10 Thread Amit Kumar
just my journey journal to become a Linux kernel developer. Please, > feel free to share your views so that I can serve the purpose. > > Regards, > Amit Kumar > > On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 8:55 AM Amit Kumar wrote: > > >

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-09 Thread Ozgur Kara
rners. I am also running a blog for stuff related to Linux kernel development. https://blog.freeark1.tv When a new post will appear on this blog I'll mail it on this thread. Soon I'll start posting about kernel development. Regards, Amit Kumar_

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-09 Thread Amit Kumar
your views so that I can serve the purpose. Regards, Amit Kumar On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 8:55 AM Amit Kumar wrote: > > Hi, > I have started this mail thread to interact with other kernel > learners. I am also running a blog for stuff related to Linux kernel > development. > htt

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-05 Thread Amit Kumar
On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 3:04 AM Thomas Piekarski wrote: > > Hello Amit, > > > thanks for letting us know about your new blog. Some time ago I also > dived into Kernel Development, but except a lot of sandboxing [1] I did > not get around to write about it. > > I'll

Re: A blog for kernel development

2022-03-05 Thread Thomas Piekarski
Hello Amit, thanks for letting us know about your new blog. Some time ago I also dived into Kernel Development, but except a lot of sandboxing [1] I did not get around to write about it. I'll take a closer look at your blog. What are your itch to get into Kernel Development? At

A blog for kernel development

2022-03-04 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi, I have started this mail thread to interact with other kernel learners. I am also running a blog for stuff related to Linux kernel development. https://blog.freeark1.tv When a new post will appear on this blog I'll mail it on this thread. Soon I'll start posting about kernel d

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-15 Thread Amit Kumar
https://github.com/martinezjavier/ldd3 On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 7:16 AM Amit Kumar wrote: > > Hi All, > Because the Linux kernel uses GCC extensions, this resource is > important for a Linux kernel learner. > https://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-c-manual/gnu-c-manual.pdf > > Regards, > Amit Kumar > >

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-12 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi All, Because the Linux kernel uses GCC extensions, this resource is important for a Linux kernel learner. https://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-c-manual/gnu-c-manual.pdf Regards, Amit Kumar On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 5:07 PM Amit Kumar wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:11 PM sri vathsa wrote: > >

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-11 Thread Amit Kumar
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:11 PM sri vathsa wrote: > > Hi Amit, > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 3:03 PM Amit Kumar wrote: >> >> >> I have got a resource which is about 5.4 LTS kernel. > > > Can u share that resource here, even I trying to > Understand latest kernel. > Linux Kernel Programming on perlego

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-11 Thread sri vathsa
Hi Amit, On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 3:03 PM Amit Kumar wrote: > > I have got a resource which is about 5.4 LTS kernel. > Can u share that resource here, even I trying to Understand latest kernel. Thanks, Dara Srivathsa ___ > Kernelnewbies mailing list >

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-11 Thread Amit Kumar
On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 6:41 PM Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > > > Hello Sue and everybody else, > > Useful to know : > https://linuxhint.com/linux-kernel-tutorial-beginners/ > > Very useful to know: > https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/Booting/linux-bootstrap-1.md > > I wish 'I' foun

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-10 Thread Aruna Hewapathirane
Hello Sue and everybody else, Useful to know : https://linuxhint.com/linux-kernel-tutorial-beginners/ Very useful to know: https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blob/master/Booting/linux-bootstrap-1.md I wish 'I' found this years ago when I first started https://github.com/0xAX/linux-insides/blo

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-02 Thread Gabriel Moreira
I'm reading this book - Linux Kernel Development 3rd (Robert Love) On 02/08/2021 11:31, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: On 7/24/21, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge about the Linux kernel. Hello Amit, If you watch this th

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-08-02 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 7/24/21, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > > >> I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge >> about the Linux kernel. >> > > Hello Amit, > > If you watch this through to the very end you will not require any books > :-) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk9TatW9ino C

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-24 Thread Aruna Hewapathirane
> I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge > about the Linux kernel. > Hello Amit, If you watch this through to the very end you will not require any books :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk9TatW9ino Good Luck - Aruna _

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-24 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sat, 24 Jul 2021, Constantine Shulyupin wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 17:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as the tech editor of the r. love kernel book, i can safely say that > > there are no really current kernel books out there anymore -- the best > > docs are the in-kernel ones. > > > >

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-24 Thread Constantine Shulyupin
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021 at 17:57, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > as the tech editor of the r. love kernel book, i can safely say that > there are no really current kernel books out there anymore -- the best > docs are the in-kernel ones. > > also, if you want to get started mucking with the kernel and

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread sri vathsa
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 9:47 PM Connor Kuehl wrote: What about Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love, I have been that reading book and comparing code in book with current kernel version > ___ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kern

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Connor Kuehl
On 7/23/21 9:37 AM, Raghuram Jallipalli wrote: > Isn't the LDD 3E by Rubini not a good book ? Has it become outdated > with respect to the current kernel version ?? In my opinion, it's an excellent book. I'd imagine it's pretty rare for a book covering the internals of a software project to *not*

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Raghuram Jallipalli
t your mentorship. So that it > > > will be easy for me to make my blog > > > (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) as a gateway to the Linux kernel > > > development. > > > > i dropped gregkh from this response as i don't think he's interested >

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Amit Kumar
//freeark1blog.blogspot.com) as a gateway to the Linux kernel > > development. > > i dropped gregkh from this response as i don't think he's interested > in any followup, so here's my thoughts. > > i checked out a couple articles at your blog and i'm not tryi

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 23 Jul 2021, Amit Kumar wrote: ... lots of stuff snipped ... > Thanks for your words. I kindly request your mentorship. So that it > will be easy for me to make my blog > (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) as a gateway to the Linux kernel > development. i dropped greg

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Amit Kumar
tation that is at least a little out of date and could > > > use all the help it can get, and that's an easy and safe way to get > > > started getting your name into the kernel git log. > > > > > I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowl

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Robert P. J. Day
g your name into the kernel git log. > > > I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge > about the Linux kernel. > So, I have decided to make my blog (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) > a gateway to the Linux kernel development. > > Why were the last

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Greg KH
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 03:02:53PM +0530, Amit Kumar wrote: > > > I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge > > > about the Linux kernel. > > > So, I have decided to make my blog (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) > > > a gat

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-23 Thread Amit Kumar
started getting your name into the kernel git log. > > > > > I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge > > about the Linux kernel. > > So, I have decided to make my blog (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) > > a gateway to the Linux ke

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-22 Thread Greg KH
hat's an easy and safe way to get > > started getting your name into the kernel git log. > > > I know well that there is not any book that provides current knowledge > about the Linux kernel. > So, I have decided to make my blog (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) > a gatewa

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-22 Thread Amit Kumar
ecided to make my blog (https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com) a gateway to the Linux kernel development. Why were the last kernel book by Mr. Greg Kroah Hartman and et. al. canceled? > rday ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-22 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Thu, 22 Jul 2021, Jules Irenge wrote: > I normally learn the kernel on weekends. Reading R. Love and > practicing by coding what you learn is the best way. Also, trying to > submit simple patches on some free time is a good way , meeting Greg > Kroah and Shuan, they are fantastic people to lear

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-22 Thread Jules Irenge
Jul 2021 at 15:02, Amit Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I am just here to inform that I am trying to learn Linux kernel > development. If someone wants to follow me, so that he may also learn > with me. > > https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com/2021/07/my-aspiration

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-21 Thread s.v.krishna reddy
, you have to put it in practise otherwise, you will soon forget what you learnt. Krishna. On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 7:32 PM Amit Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > I am just here to inform that I am trying to learn Linux kernel > development. If someone wants to follow me, so that he ma

Re: Interested in kernel development

2021-07-21 Thread Constantine Shulyupin
; I think people find learning kernel development difficult due to the > following reasons, > I) Lack of understanding about the underlying hardware. > II) In the Linux kernel, some features are used which is specific to > the GCC toolchain. > III) There is also a good amount of assembl

Re: My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-21 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi All, https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-minimal-c-program-continued.html On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 7:31 PM Amit Kumar wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am just here to inform that I am trying to learn Linux kernel > development. If someone wants to follow me, so that he may al

Re: Interested in kernel development

2021-07-21 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi Athul, I think people find learning kernel development difficult due to the following reasons, I) Lack of understanding about the underlying hardware. II) In the Linux kernel, some features are used which is specific to the GCC toolchain. III) There is also a good amount of assembly is being

My effort to learn Linux kernel development

2021-07-21 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi All, I am just here to inform that I am trying to learn Linux kernel development. If someone wants to follow me, so that he may also learn with me. https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com/2021/07/my-aspiration-go-live.html https://freeark1blog.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-minimal-c-program.html https

Re: Advice about the linux kernel development process

2020-06-27 Thread Oscar Carter
On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:07:40AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 04:39:15PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been working in the KSPP task number 20: "Enable -Wcast-function-type > > globally" [1] but now I have some questions about the development process. > > > >

Re: Advice about the linux kernel development process

2020-06-22 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 04:39:15PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working in the KSPP task number 20: "Enable -Wcast-function-type > globally" [1] but now I have some questions about the development process. > > I sent a v3 patch for the firewire subsystem [2] and a v5 patch serie

Advice about the linux kernel development process

2020-06-21 Thread Oscar Carter
Hi, I've been working in the KSPP task number 20: "Enable -Wcast-function-type globally" [1] but now I have some questions about the development process. I sent a v3 patch for the firewire subsystem [2] and a v5 patch series for the acpi/irqchip subsystems [3]. During the process I've received co

Re: Computing resources required for kernel development

2020-05-31 Thread Valdis Klētnieks
the the module. > I have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with 4GB DDR3 ram 1 TB HDD, Intel i3 2.GHZ and 4 > cores but I have been using virt-manager for the kernel development with > CentOS 8.1 (minimal req.) and resources 70 GB storage, 2 GB ram and 2 > cores. That's not that much different

Re: Computing resources required for kernel development

2020-05-30 Thread Greg KH
On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:42:16AM +0530, Harsh chopra wrote: > I used > make -j2 all The number for -j should be at least the number of cores/cpus in your system, and usually double works well. I use -j10 for my tiny laptop and that runs quite nicely. I suggest running the kcbench tool to get a

Re: Computing resources required for kernel development

2020-05-30 Thread Harsh chopra
lation as its taking more than a >> day may be due to low computing resources.. >> I have Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with 4GB DDR3 ram 1 TB HDD, Intel i3 2.GHZ and >> 4 cores but I have been using virt-manager for the kernel development with >> CentOS 8.1 (minimal req.) and resource

Re: Computing resources required for kernel development

2020-05-30 Thread Suraj Upadhyay
04 LTS with 4GB DDR3 ram 1 TB HDD, Intel i3 2.GHZ and 4 > cores but I have been using virt-manager for the kernel development with > CentOS 8.1 (minimal req.) and resources 70 GB storage, 2 GB ram and 2 > cores. > Thus if anyone could suggest how much computing power to have or any oth

Computing resources required for kernel development

2020-05-30 Thread Harsh chopra
been using virt-manager for the kernel development with CentOS 8.1 (minimal req.) and resources 70 GB storage, 2 GB ram and 2 cores. Thus if anyone could suggest how much computing power to have or any other method so that I could make my development process smooth

Kernel Development

2020-03-29 Thread Harsh chopra
Hi everyone , I have been studying the given documentations such as Linux Kernel Hacking and Tutorial but what have read so far is related to development of patches for linux kernel but I am interested in linux kernel development from scratch. I came across http://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux

Re: Kernel development tools (was Re: Software Prefetching using Machine learning)

2019-10-09 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 03:21:46PM +0900, Irfan Ullah (울라 이르판) wrote: > Thank you. > You are absolutely right. As a freshman in the kernel development, and > having experience in high level languages, things look complicated :(. > Can you please suggest me what is the efficient and

Re: Kernel development tools (was Re: Software Prefetching using Machine learning)

2019-10-09 Thread 울라 이르판
Thank you. You are absolutely right. As a freshman in the kernel development, and having experience in high level languages, things look complicated :(. Can you please suggest me what is the efficient and easy way to exchange data between kernel space and user space. I want the way in which the

Kernel development tools (was Re: Software Prefetching using Machine learning)

2019-10-09 Thread Valdis Klētnieks
/freshmen in the kernel development as compare to other development > environments. Well... for better or worse, the Linux kernel is an environment where programmers are expected to have a fairly good grasp on programming and software development already, and can figure most things out on thei

Re: Kernel development virtualization options

2018-11-16 Thread Mulyadi Santosa
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 5:39 PM Laurence Rochfort < laurence.rochf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thus far, I've been testing my kernel patches in a KVM vm with a full > distro installation, but it's pretty slow and cumbersome. > > Hi Hmmm, weird, assuming your CPU had VT-x/AMD-V enabled, KVM

Kernel development virtualization options

2018-11-16 Thread Laurence Rochfort
Hi all, Thus far, I've been testing my kernel patches in a KVM vm with a full distro installation, but it's pretty slow and cumbersome. Valerie Aurora has a blog post on using User-mode Linux, and others mention QEMU with an overlay filesystem and BusyBox. What do people recommend for quick iter

Re: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-11 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:42:56 +0400, o...@goosey.org said: > 10.10.2018, 19:36, "Carter Cheng" : > >2. Is there some good way to figure out how to update knowledge gained > > from > >this book to what is in the 4.x series of kernels? > I think all C code-based drivers will work on all Linu

Re: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-11 Thread Carter Cheng
Thanks a lot. On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 6:42 PM wrote: > > > 10.10.2018, 19:36, "Carter Cheng" : > > > -- Forwarded message - > From: *Carter Cheng* > Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:52 PM > Subject: Learning Linux Kernel Development > To:

Re: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-11 Thread o
interested in learning linux kernel development and have been over the last few weeks going through Love's Linux Kernel Development book which details the situation in the kernel around linux 2.6. Obviously for a book of such limited length he can probably only go into some of the details and give

Re: Fwd: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-10 Thread Carter Cheng
Thanks for the advice. I actually have those books as well and will take a look at them. On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:03 AM wrote: > On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:35:20 +0800, Carter Cheng said: > > 1. After finishing the book and perhaps Understanding the Linux Kernel > and > > Linux Device Drivers. Wha

Re: Fwd: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-10 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:35:20 +0800, Carter Cheng said: > 1. After finishing the book and perhaps Understanding the Linux Kernel and > Linux Device Drivers. What is the best way to dig deeper. There's multiple answers to that question, as it depends on the questioner's preferred learning style and

Fwd: Learning Linux Kernel Development

2018-10-10 Thread Carter Cheng
-- Forwarded message - From: Carter Cheng Date: Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:52 PM Subject: Learning Linux Kernel Development To: Hello, I am actually kind of interested in learning linux kernel development and have been over the last few weeks going through Love's Linux K

Re: Public Kernel Development

2017-12-02 Thread Greg KH
On Sat, Dec 02, 2017 at 10:28:13AM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 2:46 AM, wrote: > > On Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:21:36 +, Chris Obbard said: > > > >> The drivers I’m releasing probably don’t belong in the kernel > > > > Again: Why are you saying that? It w

Re: Public Kernel Development

2017-12-02 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi, On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 2:46 AM, wrote: > On Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:21:36 +, Chris Obbard said: > >> The drivers I’m releasing probably don’t belong in the kernel > > Again: Why are you saying that? It wouldn't be the first time we > carried a driver for an uncommon device (heck, we ca

Re: Public Kernel Development

2017-12-01 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:21:36 +, Chris Obbard said: > The drivers I’m releasing probably don’t belong in the kernel Again: Why are you saying that? It wouldn't be the first time we carried a driver for an uncommon device (heck, we carried an entire *architecture* for several years for a

Re: Public Kernel Development

2017-12-01 Thread Chris Obbard
The drivers I’m releasing probably don’t belong in the kernel Cheers! On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 at 19:40, wrote: > On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:16:05 +, Chris Obbard said: > > > Currently I am writing drivers for ARM boards (think along the lines of > > Raspberry Pi HATs, it doesn't belong in mainline;

Re: Public Kernel Development

2017-12-01 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 11:16:05 +, Chris Obbard said: > Currently I am writing drivers for ARM boards (think along the lines of > Raspberry Pi HATs, it doesn't belong in mainline; Why not? If you upstream your patches, you don't have to play the "rebase every version" game. pgpYoYgvyOAhK.pgp

Public Kernel Development

2017-12-01 Thread Chris Obbard
Hi list, Currently I am writing drivers for ARM boards (think along the lines of Raspberry Pi HATs, it doesn't belong in mainline; as well as other various hacks), which just consist of series of patches which I apply by checking out Mainline and then applying the patches by hand. Naturally, this

Re: kernel development cycle

2017-11-21 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:07:09 +1100, "Tobin C. Harding" said: > Hi, > > Would someone please be able to expound on the stages of the kernel > development cycle. > > In particular I would like to learn what a hobbyist kernel developer > should be focusing their atten

kernel development cycle

2017-11-21 Thread Tobin C. Harding
Hi, Would someone please be able to expound on the stages of the kernel development cycle. In particular I would like to learn what a hobbyist kernel developer should be focusing their attention on during different stages of the cycle. In particular, what _not_ to do during certain stages of the

Re: version number of Linux kernel development

2017-08-01 Thread Kamil Konieczny
Hi, On 01.08.2017 06:35, Yubin Ruan wrote: > Hi, > [...] > > So, in this example, 4.2.7 would be thrown away after 4.4.0 is released. Is > this the same for every major release? [...] see also https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html -- Best regards, Kamil Konieczny Samsung R&D Institute

Re: version number of Linux kernel development

2017-08-01 Thread Kamil Konieczny
On 01.08.2017 06:35, Yubin Ruan wrote: > Hi, > I got a question regarding to Linux's version number. [...] > So, in this example, 4.2.7 would be thrown away after 4.4.0 is released. Is > this the same for every major release? > > I see a series of 4.4.x release, ranging from 4.4.1 ~ 4.4.49, at

version number of Linux kernel development

2017-08-01 Thread Yubin Ruan
Hi, I got a question regarding to Linux's version number. According to some talk from Greg KH, there would be an accompanying stable release along with every -rc release, that is, something like this: 4.2.0 | \ 4.3.1-rc4.2.1 || 4.3.2-rc 4

Re: Qemu+busybox for kernel development

2017-07-02 Thread Alice Ferrazzi
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > I am trying to setup a build environment where I can run the kernel and see > how the changes I have made to the kernel source work. > My understanding, based on googling, is that it is common practice in the > kernel community to use a v

Re: Qemu+busybox for kernel development

2017-07-02 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 10:48 PM, Shahbaz khan wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Alexander Kapshuk > wrote: >> >> I am trying to setup a build environment where I can run the kernel and >> see how the changes I have made to the kernel source work. >> My understanding, ba

Re: Qemu+busybox for kernel development

2017-06-28 Thread Shahbaz khan
Hi Alexander, On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Alexander Kapshuk < alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to setup a build environment where I can run the kernel and > see how the changes I have made to the kernel source work. > My understanding, based on googling, is that it is common

Re: Qemu+busybox for kernel development

2017-06-28 Thread Ben Mezger
The way I do it is by compiling the kernel as I would normaly do for a real system. Then, after copying vmlinuz and generating my initramfs, I run Qemu: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel vmlinuz -initrd initramfs.img -append param1=value1 For me, as I am mostly testing, there is no need for a full-fea

Qemu+busybox for kernel development

2017-06-28 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
I am trying to setup a build environment where I can run the kernel and see how the changes I have made to the kernel source work. My understanding, based on googling, is that it is common practice in the kernel community to use a virtualised environment for that purpose. What I have done so far is

Re: kernel development process question, patch review

2017-03-04 Thread Ozgur Karatas
Hello, I think the list idea is no need for confusion, it is desirable to provide people with a new kernel newbies update to this list with a help and a quick solution to their problems. This is like pre-kernel training. TO and CC already come with the get_maintainer.pl script. TO: Primary re

Re: kernel development process question, patch review

2017-02-21 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:35:33 +1100, "Tobin C. Harding" said: > If a reviewer makes a suggestion and one intends on making the change > as suggested is it required (normal protocol) to reply stating that > the you understand their suggestion and intend on implementing it or > is this just noise. Sho

Re: kernel development process question, patch review

2017-02-21 Thread Ozgur Karatas
Hello, I think the list idea is no need for confusion, it is desirable to provide people with a new kernel newbies update to this list with a help and a quick solution to their problems. This is like pre-kernel training. TO and CC already come with the get_maintainer.pl script. TO: Primary re

Re: kernel development process question, patch review

2017-02-20 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:35:33PM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: > If a reviewer makes a suggestion and one intends on making the change > as suggested is it required (normal protocol) to reply stating that > the you understand their suggestion and intend on implementing it or > is this just noise

kernel development process question, patch review

2017-02-20 Thread Tobin C. Harding
If a reviewer makes a suggestion and one intends on making the change as suggested is it required (normal protocol) to reply stating that the you understand their suggestion and intend on implementing it or is this just noise. Should one simply re send the next version of the patch? Continuing on

kernel development process

2017-02-19 Thread Tobin Harding
I am posting this to kernelnewbies because I do not know the correct way to broach the issue elsewhere. Code audit in drivers/staging on calls to strncpy(). Tree: gregKH/staging commit d5adbfcd5f7bcc6fa58a41c5c5ada0e5c826ce2c File: drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ieee80211/ieee80211_softmac_

Re: How to get involved with the latest kernel development?

2016-11-10 Thread Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar
gt; 2.4 and I have read the source code of kernel 2.4 for a long time. > > I once thought I can use kernel 2.4 as my stepping-stone and begin my > journey of kernel development, but I feel frustrated. Kernel 2.4 and > kernel 4.4.30 are almost completely different! I can't even fin

How to get involved with the latest kernel development?

2016-11-10 Thread Hao Lee
once thought I can use kernel 2.4 as my stepping-stone and begin my journey of kernel development, but I feel frustrated. Kernel 2.4 and kernel 4.4.30 are almost completely different! I can't even find a familiar function and I don't know how to begin. I want to contribute to mm subsystem and

Re: Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 01 Oct 2016 03:04:28 -, Amit Kumar said: > How to setup mutt to download patches? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+kernel+patch+mutt Also, you probably should read this: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Eric S. Raymond wrote it a *long* time ago, but the basic principles

Re: Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Amit Kumar
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 7:28 AM wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -, Amit Kumar said: > > > Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel > > development? > > That *really* depends on exactly what part of the kernel the developer is > working

Re: Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -, Amit Kumar said: > Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel > development? That *really* depends on exactly what part of the kernel the developer is working on. If you're monkeying with the IPv6 code in the networkin

Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi, (1) I want to work on staging drivers. But I've two questions, Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel development? (2) I'm able to send patch using sendmail and git. I'm able to apply patch using git-am. But unable to setup mutt to download patch fr

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Daniel.
gt; > Could you explain which indenting aspect is annoying you? > > > > > Regards > > > > 2015-12-22 17:59 GMT-02:00 Jeff Haran : > >> Off list. > >> > >> > >> > >> I use gvim, make, all the old style tools for kernel development and > ha

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Geyslan G. Bem
; > I'm considering back to vim since emacs indenting is making me crazy Could you explain which indenting aspect is annoying you? > > Regards > > 2015-12-22 17:59 GMT-02:00 Jeff Haran : >> Off list. >> >> >> >> I use gvim, make, all the old style

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Geyslan G. Bem
2016-01-14 13:52 GMT-03:00 Daniel. : > You may need to install irony and company from melpa, checkout this: > https://github.com/Sarcasm/irony-mode Tks. > Also you need to install clang with your package manager or compiling it by > your self... About the window moving system, that buffer-move is

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Daniel.
You may need to install irony and company from melpa, checkout this: https://github.com/Sarcasm/irony-mode Also you need to install clang with your package manager or compiling it by your self... About the window moving system, that buffer-move is nice, for moving with window I'm just searching for

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Geyslan G. Bem
2016-01-14 13:28 GMT-03:00 Daniel. : > ops, forget the link: > http://pastebin.com/uQkErV46 Tks. > > Cheers, > > > 2016-01-14 14:28 GMT-02:00 Daniel. : >> >> clang is used only for parsing, nothing to do with compilation :) I see. So the problems are over? >> >> Here it is :) >> >> 2016-01-14 13:

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Daniel.
ops, forget the link: http://pastebin.com/uQkErV46 Cheers, 2016-01-14 14:28 GMT-02:00 Daniel. : > clang is used only for parsing, nothing to do with compilation :) > > Here it is :) > > 2016-01-14 13:35 GMT-02:00 Geyslan G. Bem : > >> 2016-01-14 12:23 GMT-03:00 Daniel. : >> > I've tried using s

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Daniel.
clang is used only for parsing, nothing to do with compilation :) Here it is :) 2016-01-14 13:35 GMT-02:00 Geyslan G. Bem : > 2016-01-14 12:23 GMT-03:00 Daniel. : > > I've tried using semantic mode but it gives me ""# - > > Arithmetic error"*" all the time. I've also tried a ctags aproach, but >

Re: Developing environments used for kernel development

2016-01-14 Thread Geyslan G. Bem
2016-01-14 12:23 GMT-03:00 Daniel. : > I've tried using semantic mode but it gives me ""# - > Arithmetic error"*" all the time. I've also tried a ctags aproach, but it is > quite slow on big projects, then I tried irony-mode which uses clang to > parse sources. Hmmm. I'm having this issue too using

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