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DISCUSSION Todor Todorov 3 participants 3 messages Jan 3, 2002

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Hi there,

probably an often asked question and you are most probably tired of it, but...

I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of one another. And here I am looking at the source tree and not knowing where to start. The 'Documentation' folder would probably be a good bet but after that? I suupose, I could go see what is in the 'drivers' directory but I don't think taht I would understand much of it if I don't know how the things below work. So where should I start reading the source? Somewhere in the 'kernel' dir? Or in 'include'? or in 'asm'???

I would appreciate any useful advice, thanks in advance

Todor

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Quoted 4 lines · Todor Todorov

I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of one another. And here I am looking at the source tree and not knowing where to start. The 'Documentation' folder would probably be a good bet but after that?

Indeed, you really should look into Documentation/

Another useful place would be http://kernelnewbies.org/

kind regards,

Rik

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