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DISCUSSION Espen Fjellvær Olsen 1 participant 3 messages Jul 13, 2004 1 message not in the archive

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I have started to write some kernel modules for fun now, but they are a bit empty :)
it's just some printk's and some other simple things.

I wonder if there are any good howtoes out on the Net somewhere, I've read a bit on: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg, but I'm afraid it's a bit outdated(?)

I'm only doing this for fun(at this time, maybe it becomes serious when i become a bit older;) ) so i don't want to spend any money on a book, or on an course.

Best regards
Espen Fjellvær Olsen
[email protected]
Norway

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Espen Fjellvær Olsen wrote:

| I have started to write some kernel modules for fun now, but they
| are a bit empty :) it's just some printk's and some other simple
| things.
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| I wonder if there are any good howtoes out on the Net somewhere,
| I've read a bit on: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg, but I'm afraid it's
| a bit outdated(?)
|
| I'm only doing this for fun(at this time, maybe it becomes serious
| when i become a bit older;) ) so i don't want to spend any money on
| a book, or on an course.
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|
| Best regards Espen Fjellvær Olsen [email protected] Norway
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I'm intressed in Kernel Hackin generally, any tips or documentation of general Kernel Hacking would also be very nice. :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Quoted 30 lines · Robin Holt

What are you specifically thinking of doing? Is there a part of the kernel you are specfically interested in? I might be able to point you at some projects that could use some help. They presume that the person doing the work has some experience in programming. The kernel pieces are fairly well hammered on by many experience kernel programmers, but alot of the drivers need some attention.

If I were you, I think I would try to find a set of drivers that has not been getting updated recently and look to contribute to the cleanup effort in those drivers.

Good Luck,
Robin Holt

On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:29:29PM +0200, Espen Fjellvær Olsen wrote:

I have started to write some kernel modules for fun now, but they are a bit empty :)
it's just some printk's and some other simple things.

I wonder if there are any good howtoes out on the Net somewhere, I've read a bit on: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg, but I'm afraid it's a bit outdated(?)

I'm only doing this for fun(at this time, maybe it becomes serious when i become a bit older;) ) so i don't want to spend any money on a book, or on an course.

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Best regards
Espen Fjellvfær Olsen
[email protected]
Norway

I'm new to all this with kernel hacking, so writing any drivers would be quite difficult for me i think. I'm just trying to learn where to start, and what to start with, I'm not a guru in C, but I'm learning ;) But if anyone have a driver which need some looking after I could gladly look at the TODO or something :)