Comment Re:This is so cool (Score 3, Informative) 77
> I have often wanted to have a go at kernel programming. I want to try and write some device drivers, but I am always
>too scared of this 'black art'. Its good to see someone taking time out to make it a bit more comprehensible for 'the rest of us'.
Try www.kernelnewbies.org. Esp. look in the book section for Linux Device Drivers v.2 and the online version.
Wrt. debugging, prinks are still used alongside everything else. I do not think that debugging is done with vmware or plex86 yet but there is a port of the kernel to userland (User-Mode Linux) which is used by some.
Rasmus
>too scared of this 'black art'. Its good to see someone taking time out to make it a bit more comprehensible for 'the rest of us'.
Try www.kernelnewbies.org. Esp. look in the book section for Linux Device Drivers v.2 and the online version.
Wrt. debugging, prinks are still used alongside everything else. I do not think that debugging is done with vmware or plex86 yet but there is a port of the kernel to userland (User-Mode Linux) which is used by some.
Rasmus
