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

1 Vanilla Linux kernel
2 Architecture Sites
3 Documentation
- 3.1 Online
- 3.2 Books
4 Cross-reference / code online

Vanilla Linux kernel

Mailing List (lkml)

The Big List of Linux Kernel mailing lists, and where to find their
archives
- LKML -
  The Linux Kernel Mailing List (where the big boys hang out)
- linux-embedded
  - Embedded Linux Kernel List
How to subscribe to these
lists

LKML summaries

LWN Kernel page - Linux Weekly News kernel
coverage

Repository access

Kernel Git repositories
Vanilla Linux Git
Tree
- This is “upstream”. Get your code into here, please.
- But 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.)

News

Linux Weekly News, Kernel page

Changelog

Comprehensible changelog of the linux kernel
- http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
LWN atricles for spcific releases
- 2.6.3
  http://lwn.net/Articles/71669/
- 2.6.10
  http://lwn.net/Articles/117187/
- 2.6.12
  http://lwn.net/Articles/140165/
- 2.6.15
  http://lwn.net/Articles/166130/
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)

www.linux-sh.org
oss.renesas.com/
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
Embedded Linux kernel and driver development - Free Tutorials at
Free Electrons
Linux USB drivers - USB Driver Tutorial at Free
Electrons

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/