Hi Maria,

Most of what I learned about the Linux kernel I learned in an operating
systems course at uni, the note for which are freely available at
http://cs.anu.edu.au/student/comp3300/notes.php

A good place to start is with rolling your own kernel, for which there is a
ton of resources to be found. Usually it's best to follow special steps
suited to your distro. Another really good starting place for getting a
high level view of how the kernel fits in with the entire eco system is
doing the Linux from Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ tutorials.

If you want to dive straight into the code, though, try finding a simple
USB gadget like a Nerf launcher or something and reverse engineering a
driver. USB drivers are probably the easiest to write, unless you're
working with something really crazy.

Hope this helps,
Stephen


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Mar?a [off-list ref] wrote:

Hello everybody,

I just started to learn about the linux kernel and I am very excited about
it... but very lost. I would like to know if there's any mentor program or
anything similar to that. If there's no such thing, can anyone suggest me
some link/s with "First steps to the linux kernel" or the like?

Thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience,
Mar?a.

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