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/\ ''Note: You should always look at the kernel MAINTAINERS file for up-to-date information''
 
/\ ''Note: You should always look at the kernel MAINTAINERS file for up-to-date information''
  
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== Vanilla Linux kernel ==
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*[http://www.kernel.org/ www.kernel.org]
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*[http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/ Linux Kernel Source Tarballs]
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*[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=summary Linus' Git Repository]
  
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=== Mailing List (lkml) ===
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* [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html The Big List of Linux Kernel mailing lists, and where to find their archives]
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** [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-kernel LKML] - The Linux Kernel Mailing List (where the big boys hang out)
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** [http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-embedded linux-embedded] - Embedded Linux Kernel List
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* [http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html How to subscribe to these lists]
  
== main (x86) kernel ==
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=== LKML summaries ===
    - web site = http://www.kernel.org/
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* [http://lwn.net/Kernel/ LWN Kernel page] - Linux Weekly News kernel coverage
    - [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=summary Linus' Git Repository]
 
        - kernel cross-reference online: http://glide.stanford.edu/lxr/source/ (only some version available)
 
  
=== Mailing List (lkml) ===
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=== Repository access ===
{|
 
|- bgcolor="80c0c0"
 
| align="center" | '''Item'''             
 
| align="center" | '''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
 
|  [http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/search/?scope=kernel Search]
 
|-
 
|  Summaries - (Kernel Traffic)               
 
|  http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/index.html
 
|-
 
|  Latest summary                             
 
|  [http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/latest.html latest kernel-traffic issue]
 
|}
 
  
=== Repository access ===
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* [http://git.kernel.org Kernel Git repositories]
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* [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=summary Vanilla Linux Git Tree] - This is "upstream".  Get your code into here, please.
|- bgcolor="80c0c0"
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** But [http://padator.org/linux/full-history-linux.git.tar this one] has all the going back to 0.0.1, and updates itself from Linus's tree when you do a "git pull".  (This is really cool.  You want this.)
| align="center" | '''Item'''             
 
| align="center" | '''Link'''
 
|-
 
|  www.kernel.org
 
http://www.kernel.org/git/
 
|}
 
  
 
=== News ===
 
=== News ===
- Linux Weekly News, Kernel page - http://lwn.net/Kernel/
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* [http://lwn.net/Kernel/ Linux Weekly News, Kernel page]
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=== Changelog ===
 
=== Changelog ===
 
* Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel
 
* Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel
 
** http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
 
** http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
 
* Announcemnts from linus
 
** 2.6.3    http://lwn.net/Articles/71670/
 
** 2.6.10    http://lwn.net/Articles/117188/
 
** 2.6.12    http://lwn.net/Articles/140441/
 
** 2.6.13    http://lwn.net/Articles/149480/
 
** 2.6.14    http://lwn.net/Articles/157474/
 
** 2.6.15    http://lwn.net/Articles/166131/
 
  
 
* LWN atricles for spcific releases
 
* LWN atricles for spcific releases
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== Architecture Sites ==
 
== Architecture Sites ==
 
=== MIPS ===
 
=== MIPS ===
    - web site = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page
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*web site = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Main_Page
    - mailing list = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Net_Resources#Mailing_lists
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*mailing list = http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Net_Resources#Mailing_lists
    - Maintainer = Ralph Baechle
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*Maintainer = Ralph Baechle
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*there's an alternate site on [[Source Forge]]
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*the site is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mips
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*Note that this is used for experimental stuff that hasn't been merged into the official mips tree by 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 ===
 
=== ARM ===
    - web site = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
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*web site = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
    - cvs access = http://cvs.arm.linux.org.uk/
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*cvs access = http://cvs.arm.linux.org.uk/
    - mailing list = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php
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*mailing list = http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/armlinux/mailinglists.php
        - wiki = http://www.linux-arm.org/
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*wiki = http://www.linux-arm.org/
    - Maintainer = Russell King
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*Maintainer = Russell King
  
 
=== [[PowerPC]] ===
 
=== [[PowerPC]] ===
    - web site = http://penguinppc.org/
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*web site = http://penguinppc.org/
    - mailing lists = http://penguinppc.org/about/community.php#lists
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*mailing lists = http://penguinppc.org/about/community.php#lists
    - Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git
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*Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git
    - Maintainer = Paul Mackerras
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*Maintainer = Paul Mackerras
    - [[Power Macintosh]] Maintainer = Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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*Power Macintosh Maintainer = Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  
    - cross-compiler mini-howto: http://penguinppc.org/embedded/cross-compiling/
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*cross-compiler mini-howto: http://penguinppc.org/embedded/cross-compiling/
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See the following for information on different linuxppc source trees available: http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
  
    See the following for information on different linuxppc source trees available:
 
    http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml
 
 
=== SuperH (SH) ===
 
=== SuperH (SH) ===
    - web site = http://www.linux-sh.org/
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*[http://www.linux-sh.org/ www.linux-sh.org]
    - Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6.git
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*[http://oss.renesas.com/ oss.renesas.com/]
    - mailing list address = linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
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*Git repository = kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6.git
    - mailing list page = http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-sh
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*mailing list address = linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
    - mailing list archives = http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel
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*mailing list page = http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-sh
        - wiki = http://linux-sh.org/shwiki/FrontPage
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*mailing list archives = http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.sh.devel
    - Maintainer = Paul Mundt
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*wiki = http://linux-sh.org/shwiki/FrontPage
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*Maintainer = Paul Mundt
  
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== Documentation ==
  
== Documentation ==
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=== Online ===
- Rusty Russell's "Unreliable Guide to Locking" - http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/kernel-locking.html
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*Rusty Russell's [http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/kernel-locking.html Unreliable Guide to Locking]
- Embedded Linux kernel and driver development - http://free-electrons.com/training/drivers
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*Embedded Linux kernel and driver development - [http://free-electrons.com/training/drivers Free Tutorials at Free Electrons]
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*Linux USB drivers - [http://free-electrons.com/articles/linux-usb USB Driver Tutorial at Free Electrons]
  
 
=== Books ===
 
=== Books ===
* Linux Kernel Development by Robert Love
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* ''Linux Kernel Developmen''t by Robert Love
 
** Good introduction to Linux kernel development
 
** Good introduction to Linux kernel development
* Linux Device Drivers by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
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* ''Linux Device Drivers'' by Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
 
** Great book for getting started with Linux device drivers
 
** Great book for getting started with Linux device drivers
** Free online edition: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/
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** Free online pdf edition: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/
* Essential Linux Device Drivers by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
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** online html http://www.makelinux.net/ldd3/
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* ''Essential Linux Device Drivers'' by Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
 
** Introduction to driver development for major subsystems
 
** Introduction to driver development for major subsystems
* Understanding the Linux Kernel by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati
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* ''Professional Linux Kernel Architecture'' by Wolfgang Mauerer
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** Introduction to the architecture, concepts and algorithms of the Linux kernel
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* ''Understanding the Linux Kernel'' by Daniel Bovet and Marco Cesati
 
** Guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems
 
** Guided tour of the code that forms the core of all Linux operating systems
* Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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* ''Linux Kernel in a Nutshell'' by Greg Kroah-Hartman
 
** Overview of kernel configuration and building
 
** Overview of kernel configuration and building
 
** Free online edition: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
 
** Free online edition: http://www.kroah.com/lkn/
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* http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/
 
* http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/
 
* http://lxr.linux.no/source/
 
* http://lxr.linux.no/source/
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* [[Find a kernel function line]]
  
 
[[Category:Development Tools]]
 
[[Category:Development Tools]]

Revision as of 10:08, 11 July 2012

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

Vanilla Linux kernel

Mailing List (lkml)

LKML summaries

Repository access

News

Changelog

Architecture Sites

MIPS

ARM

PowerPC

See the following for information on different linuxppc source trees available: http://www.penguinppc.org/dev/kernel.shtml

SuperH (SH)

Documentation

Online

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
  • 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

Cross-reference / code online