Linux Kernel Resources
This page has references to various kernel resources (web sites and mailing lists) for developers. Most of this information was gathered over a year ago, and may not be accurate.
/\ Note: You should always look at the kernel MAINTAINERS file for up-to-date information
Contents
main (x86) kernel
- web site = http://www.kernel.org/ - Linus' Git Repository
Mailing List (lkml)
| Item | Link |
| List E-mail Address | linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
| Subscriptions (List Home) | http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html |
| Archives (Aims Group) | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel |
| Archives (lkml.org) | http://lkml.org/ |
| Archives (as a Google group) | http://www.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=linux.kernel |
| Archives (at Indiana University) | http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/ |
| Google search of Ind. Univ. archives of LKML | Search |
| Summaries - (Kernel Traffic) | http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/index.html |
| Latest summary | latest kernel-traffic issue |
Repository access
| Item | Link |
| www.kernel.org | http://www.kernel.org/git/ |
News
- Linux Weekly News, Kernel page - http://lwn.net/Kernel/
Changelog
- Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel
- Announcemnts from linus
- LWN atricles for spcific releases
- LWN aricles on 2.6 API changes
- 2.6 API changes http://lwn.net/Articles/2.6-kernel-api/
- 2.6.12 API changes http://lwn.net/Articles/140164/
Architecture Sites
MIPS
- web site = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page - mailing list = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Net_Resources#Mailing_lists - Maintainer = Ralph Baechle
- there's an alternate site on Source Forge - the site is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mips - Note that this is used for experimental stuff that hasn't been merged into the official mips tree by Ralph Baechle
ARM
- web site = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ - cvs access = http://cvs.arm.linux.org.uk/ - mailing list = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php - wiki = http://www.linux-arm.org/ - Maintainer = Russell King
PowerPC
- web site = http://penguinppc.org/ - mailing lists = http://penguinppc.org/about/community.php#lists - Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git - Maintainer = Paul Mackerras - Power Macintosh Maintainer = Benjamin Herrenschmidt
- cross-compiler mini-howto: http://penguinppc.org/embedded/cross-compiling/
See the following for information on different linuxppc source trees available: http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
SuperH (SH)
- web site = http://www.linux-sh.org/ - Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6.git - mailing list address = linux-sh@vger.kernel.org - mailing list page = http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-sh - mailing list archives = http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel - wiki = http://linux-sh.org/shwiki/FrontPage - Maintainer = Paul Mundt
Documentation
Online
- Rusty Russell's "Unreliable Guide to Locking" - http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/kernel-locking.html - Embedded Linux kernel and driver development - http://free-electrons.com/training/drivers - Linux USB drivers - http://free-electrons.com/articles/linux-usb
Books
- Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
- Good introduction to Linux kernel development
- Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
- Great book for getting started with Linux device drivers
- Free online pdf edition: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/
- online html http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/
- Essential Linux Device Drivers by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
- Introduction to driver development for major subsystems
- Professional Linux Kernel Architecture by Wolfgang Mauerer
- Introduction to the architecture, concepts and algorithms of the Linux kernel
- Understanding the Linux Kernel by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati
- Guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems
- Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
- Overview of kernel configuration and building
- Free online edition: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
