The Linux Kernel Newbies Book

The Linux Kernel Newbies Book, designed after the Kernel Newbies webiste, is a task oriented book designed to help the reader achieve and understand basic tasks in kernel development. The website was created to help people new to kernel development by answering frequenly asked questions and providing hands-on techniques and examples. This book is not meant to provide a grand overview of kernel architecture or dive deep into any kernel subsystem, but by sharing knowledge and experience, get the kernel newcomer up and running.Authors, Jon Masters,senior kernel developer for Red Hat, and Rik van Riel, creator of the site Linux Kernel Newbies (kernelnewbies.org), approach beginning kernel developers with topics such as: debugging basics kernel modules kernel modules threads, deferred work, and workqueues memory management file systems kernel testing, and more....