Thanks, this looks like a great place to start.
> On Wednesday 09 January 2008 11:42 in
> <21988.194.125.204.194.1199878973.squirrel at www.mccarthyism.net>,
>james at mccarthyism.net wrote:
>>> Hi lad's, I'm starting to learn some C Linux system programming (POSIX
>> compliant).
>>>> Anyone recommend a good starting resource for this?
>>>> Is the kernel source a good place to start (for looking at this kind of
>> code), should I use 2.6 or one of the older (& smaller) kernels like
>> 1.0?
>> I'd say use 2.6, and check out the /Documentation directory. Also for a
> downloadable book, try Linux Device Drivers Version 3 ->
>>http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3>> It may be a bit outdated now (based off 2.6.10), but it's still a good
> starting place, many API changes since the book came out are documented
> here with examples ->
>>http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/>> Also there are more changes here ->
>>http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux26Changes>> If you want to dive in and start making minor patches against current
> kernels, try the kernel-janitors mailing-list, there's usually ideas/tasks
> for cleaning up current kernel sources ->
>>http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org>> Marcus.
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