From: eLinux.org
Linux Kernel Resources
This page has references to various kernel resources (web sites and mailing lists) for developers. Most of this information was gathered over a year ago, and may not be accurate.
/\ Note: You should always look at the kernel MAINTAINERS file for up-to-date information
Contents
Vanilla Linux kernel
Mailing List (lkml)
- The Big List of Linux Kernel mailing lists, and where to find their archives
- LKML - The Linux Kernel Mailing List (where the big boys hang out)
- linux-embedded
- Embedded Linux Kernel List
- How to subscribe to these lists
LKML summaries
- LWN Kernel page - Linux Weekly News kernel coverage
Repository access
- Kernel Git repositories
- Vanilla Linux Git Tree
- This is "upstream". Get your code into here, please.
- But this one has all the going back to 0.0.1, and updates itself from Linus's tree when you do a "git pull". (This is really cool. You want this.)
News
Changelog
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Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel
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LWN atricles for spcific releases
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LWN aricles on 2.6 API changes
- 2.6 API changes http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/
- 2.6.12 API changes http://lwn.net/Articles/140164/
Architecture Sites
MIPS
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web site = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page
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mailing list = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Net_Resources#Mailing_lists
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Maintainer = Ralph Baechle
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there's an alternate site on Source Forge
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the site is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mips
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Note that this is used for experimental stuff that hasn't been merged into the official mips tree by Ralph Baechle
ARM
- web site = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
- cvs access = http://cvs.arm.linux.org.uk/
- mailing list = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php
- wiki = http://www.linux-arm.org/
- Maintainer = Russell King
PowerPC
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web site = http://penguinppc.org/
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mailing lists = http://penguinppc.org/about/community.php#lists
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Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git
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Maintainer = Paul Mackerras
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Power Macintosh Maintainer = Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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cross-compiler mini-howto: http://penguinppc.org/embedded/cross-compiling/
See the following for information on different linuxppc source trees available: http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
SuperH (SH)
- www.linux-sh.org
- oss.renesas.com/
- Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6.git
- mailing list address = linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
- mailing list page = http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-sh
- mailing list archives = http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel
- wiki = http://linux-sh.org/shwiki/FrontPage
- Maintainer = Paul Mundt
Documentation
Online
- Rusty Russell's Unreliable Guide to Locking
- Embedded Linux kernel and driver development - Free Tutorials at Free Electrons
- Linux USB drivers - USB Driver Tutorial at Free Electrons
Books
- Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
- Good introduction to Linux kernel development
- Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
- Great book for getting started with Linux device drivers
- Free online pdf edition: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/
- online html http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/
- Essential Linux Device Drivers by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
- Introduction to driver development for major subsystems
- Professional Linux Kernel Architecture by Wolfgang Mauerer
- Introduction to the architecture, concepts and algorithms of the Linux kernel
- Understanding the Linux Kernel by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati
- Guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems
- Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
- Overview of kernel configuration and building
- Free online edition: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
