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... nasıl yapmalıyım?

  1. /KernelCompilation Kerneli nasıl derlerim?
  2. /KernelCrossCompilation How do I cross compile a kernel?
  3. ["/HowToApplyAPatch"] Yamayı nasıl eklerim?
  4. KernelHackingTools Are there any good IDEs? How do I handle all this code?
  5. /CompileVendorDriver 3. parti aygıt yazılımlarını nasıl derlerim?
  6. /LinuxKernelModuleCompile Bir Linux kernel modülünü nasıl derlerim?
  7. /LinuxKernelDebug101 Whats the easiest way to debug ?
  8. CareerAdvice Kernel hacker'ı olarak nasıl iş bulabilirim?
  9. UpstreamMerge How do I get my code into the upstream kernel?

Kernelnewbies questions

  1. /VariousKernelTrees What are the various kernel trees for ?
  2. ["/WhereDoIBegin"] Where do I begin?
  3. [:FAQ/People on KernelNewBies:/People on KernelNewBies] Who can I find on #kernelnewbies?
  4. ["/DoINeedToKnowAssembler"] Do I need to know assembler to hack the kernel?
  5. ["/DoINeedToKnowHardware"] Do I need to know a lot about hardware to hack the kernel?
  6. DoesNotWork I built my own kernel, but it does not work. What's the problem?

Kernel hacking

  1. /VariousKernelTrees What are the various kernel trees for ?
  2. ["/System.map"] What is the System.map file?
  3. /MajorMinor What major/minor does XXX have ?
  4. /CodingStyle What coding style should I use?
  5. /LikelyUnlikely What means the macros likely() and unlikely() ?
  6. ["/Preemption"] What does preemption mean ? Is it available under Linux ?
  7. /LibraryFunctionsInKernel Can I use library functions in the kernel ?
  8. /SyscallTrace How do I intercept system calls ?
  9. /LinkedLists How does the kernel implements linked lists?
  10. /WhyWritingFilesFromKernelIsBad Why reading/writing files from the kernel is bad, and how to do otherwise ?

Linux kernel gotchas

  1. [:FAQ/get current:/get current] How does get_current() work?
  2. ["/current"] How does the current macro helps you access your process-related record?
  3. /ExternAndStaticInlineVariable What's the difference between extern and static inline?
  4. /DoWhile0 Why do a lot of #defines in the kernel use do { ... } while (0)?
  5. /LikelyUnlikely What do the macros likely() and unlikely() mean?
  6. /ContainerOf What is container_of ? How does it work ?
  7. /InitExitMacros What are the __init and __exit macros ?
  8. [:FAQ/WhereIs bad udelay:/WhereIs bad udelay] Now, where is __bad_udelay defined?
  9. ["/asmlinkage"] What is asmlinkage ?
  10. ["/down"] What is that jmp 1b doing out there?
  11. /TestWpBit test_wp_bit magic, or how exception fixups work.
  12. ["/BUG"] How does BUG() work?
  13. /StackTrace
    1. Why is there a function on my stack trace that does not get called?
    2. How do I manually get a stack trace?
  14. BootSectorAndKernelImage Why does the kernel no longer directly boot from floppy?

Hardware Questions

  1. /HyperthreadingDoesNotWork My CPU says it can do hyperthreading. Why do I only see one thread?

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