From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262810AbVF3Ekc (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:40:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262811AbVF3Ekc (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:40:32 -0400 Received: from smtp04.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.63]:37398 "EHLO smtp04.mrf.mail.rcn.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262810AbVF3EkY (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:40:24 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.93,243,1115006400"; d="scan'208"; a="53456972:sNHT23247516" Subject: Re: Newbie Roadmap? From: Howard Owen To: Jesper Juhl Cc: LKML List In-Reply-To: <9a87484905062914275c5de0c9@mail.gmail.com> References: <1119896432.9541.88.camel@Quirk.egbok.com> <9a87484905062914275c5de0c9@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: EGBOK Consultants Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:39:44 -0700 Message-Id: <1120106385.13733.11.camel@owen.egbok.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 23:27 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > > > > What I've done so far: I've picked up and started reading "Linux Device > > Drivers" both editions 2 and 3. I'm about half way through Love's "Linux > > Kernel Development" > > Good choice of books. > Thanks for that feedback. They seemed like good choices, but I couldn't be sure. > [...] > > I'm starting > > out running Slack 10.1, so I'll probably tackle the 2.4 driver first. > > > Slackware runs just fine with a 2.6 kernel. I've been running 2.5.x > and 2.6.x kernels on Slack for ages and I'm currently running > 2.6.13-rc1 with Slackware-current. I had planned to switch to the 2.6.x kernel after doing the 2.4 work. Something tells me there will be a lot of documentation about porting a driver from 2.4 to 2.6, and somewhat less in the other direction. 8) > And this I find to be a good website for new kernel hackers : > http://kernelnewbies.org/ Thanks for that pointer. Although for someone pushing 50, the picture of the nursing penguin is a little incongruous. 8) -- Howard Owen hbo@egbok.com "Even if you are on the right EGBOK Consultants Linux Architect track, you'll get run over if you fwd:50279 pstn:+1-650-218-2216 just sit there." - Will Rogers