From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: malte.vesper@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk (Malte Vesper) Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:43:25 +0100 Subject: Learning things In-Reply-To: <876198lgys.fsf@fatcat.parallelwireless> References: <5522C5D2.3080404@linux.com> <20150406171744.GA14653@kroah.com> <876198lgys.fsf@fatcat.parallelwireless> Message-ID: <5523D0ED.6000502@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 07/04/15 05:06, Anupam Kapoor wrote: >>>>>> [2015-04-07T00:08:10+0530]: "Mike Thompson" (mike-thompson): > ,----[ mike-thompson ] > | As others mention, using the Linux kernel to come up to speed with C is the > | wrong approach. If you have a strong desire to learn kernel programming > | concepts while coming up to speed on C, I would suggest getting the latest > | book on Xinu, buying an Intel Galileo board and working your way through > | that book. Xinu is what I cut my teeth on 25 years ago and I remember it > | being a terrific learning environment. Xinu is not Linux (or Unix), but > | for starting at the ground level all the concepts will map over when you > | are ready to tackle Linux kernel work. > | > | Information for Xinu can be found here: http://www.xinu.cs.purdue.edu/ > `---- > or there is always xv6 (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/) which > might be useful... > There is also OS161 or Plan9, these should be enough names to search for comparisons or discussions on the OS's to help you pick one.