Books like 'Linux kernel Development(Robert love)' and 'Understanding the Linux kernel' as well 'linux device drivers' will help u going thru source code,understand data structures and kernel implementation details. the best place to browse source code is the linux cross reference: http://lxr.linux.no/linux
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 Satish Eerpini wrote : >hi Varunjith , >i suppose what u are looking at is just the kernel source tree , which >is generally installed when u install the kernel-devel packages, .... >the best thing to do is get the latest kernel source from >http://www.kernel.org and extract it somewhere and then u can go >through the source code ,... or try installing the source rpms >provided with the distro , hey and the nest way to get started is to >compile and install the latest kernel sources and start working with >that !!! >all the best ! > >On 4/18/08, varunjith tk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Am very much new to Linux.I was very keen to go through the source code in > > Linux like drivers etc.But couldn't find where they are stored in the files > > system.When I searched could see only some make files and other stuffs which > > I couldn't understand. I know its not possible to go through complete source > > code but still to get a fel of that can anybody help me??? > > > > Varunjith T K > >
