3 Index of Further Kernel Documentation
4 =====================================
6 The need for a document like this one became apparent in the
7 linux-kernel mailing list as the same questions, asking for pointers
8 to information, appeared again and again.
10 Fortunately, as more and more people get to GNU/Linux, more and more
11 get interested in the Kernel. But reading the sources is not always
12 enough. It is easy to understand the code, but miss the concepts, the
13 philosophy and design decisions behind this code.
15 Unfortunately, not many documents are available for beginners to
16 start. And, even if they exist, there was no "well-known" place which
17 kept track of them. These lines try to cover this lack.
19 PLEASE, if you know any paper not listed here or write a new document,
20 include a reference to it here, following the kernel's patch submission
21 process. Any corrections, ideas or comments are also welcome.
23 All documents are cataloged with the following fields: the document's
24 "Title", the "Author"/s, the "URL" where they can be found, some
25 "Keywords" helpful when searching for specific topics, and a brief
26 "Description" of the Document.
30 The documents on each section of this document are ordered by its
31 published date, from the newest to the oldest. The maintainer(s) should
32 periodically retire resources as they become obsolete or outdated; with
33 the exception of foundational books.
35 Docs at the Linux Kernel tree
36 -----------------------------
38 The Sphinx books should be built with ``make {htmldocs | pdfdocs | epubdocs}``.
40 * Name: **linux/Documentation**
43 :Location: Documentation/
44 :Keywords: text files, Sphinx.
45 :Description: Documentation that comes with the kernel sources,
46 inside the Documentation directory. Some pages from this document
47 (including this document itself) have been moved there, and might
48 be more up to date than the web version.
53 * Title: **Linux Kernel Mailing List Glossary**
56 :URL: https://kernelnewbies.org/KernelGlossary
57 :Date: rolling version
58 :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
59 :Description: From the introduction: "This glossary is intended as
60 a brief description of some of the acronyms and terms you may hear
61 during discussion of the Linux kernel".
63 * Title: **The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide**
65 :Author: Peter Jay Salzman, Michael Burian, Ori Pomerantz, Bob Mottram,
67 :URL: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/
69 :Keywords: modules, GPL book, /proc, ioctls, system calls,
71 :Description: A very nice GPL book on the topic of modules
72 programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
73 actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
78 * Title: **Linux Kernel Debugging: Leverage proven tools and advanced techniques to effectively debug Linux kernels and kernel modules**
80 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
81 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
85 :Notes: Debugging book
87 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming: A Comprehensive Guide to Kernel Internals, Writing Kernel Modules, and Kernel Synchronization**
89 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
90 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
95 * Title: **Linux Kernel Programming Part 2 - Char Device Drivers and Kernel Synchronization: Create user-kernel interfaces, work with peripheral I/O, and handle hardware interrupts**
97 :Author: Kaiwan N Billimoria
98 :Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
101 :ISBN: 978-1801079518
103 * Title: **Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library**
106 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media
109 :ISBN: 978-1449339531
110 :Notes: Foundational book
112 * Title: **Linux Kernel Development, 3rd Edition**
115 :Publisher: Addison-Wesley
118 :ISBN: 978-0672329463
119 :Notes: Foundational book
121 * Title: **Practical Linux System Administration: A Guide to Installation, Configuration, and Management, 1st Edition**
123 :Author: Kenneth Hess
124 :Publisher: O'Reilly Media
127 :ISBN: 978-1098109035
128 :Notes: System administration
132 * Title: **Linux Device Drivers, 3rd Edition**
134 :Authors: Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
135 :Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
139 :Notes: Foundational book. Further information in
140 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/
141 PDF format, URL: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/
143 * Title: **The Design of the UNIX Operating System**
145 :Author: Maurice J. Bach
146 :Publisher: Prentice Hall
150 :Notes: Foundational book
155 * Name: **Cross-Referencing Linux**
157 :URL: https://elixir.bootlin.com/
158 :Keywords: Browsing source code.
159 :Description: Another web-based Linux kernel source code browser.
160 Lots of cross references to variables and functions. You can see
161 where they are defined and where they are used.
163 * Name: **Linux Weekly News**
165 :URL: https://lwn.net
166 :Keywords: latest kernel news.
167 :Description: The title says it all. There's a fixed kernel section
168 summarizing developers' work, bug fixes, new features and versions
169 produced during the week.
171 * Name: **The home page of Linux-MM**
173 :Author: The Linux-MM team.
174 :URL: https://linux-mm.org/
175 :Keywords: memory management, Linux-MM, mm patches, TODO, docs,
177 :Description: Site devoted to Linux Memory Management development.
178 Memory related patches, HOWTOs, links, mm developers... Don't miss
179 it if you are interested in memory management development!
181 * Name: **Kernel Newbies IRC Channel and Website**
183 :URL: https://www.kernelnewbies.org
184 :Keywords: IRC, newbies, channel, asking doubts.
185 :Description: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net.
186 #kernelnewbies is an IRC network dedicated to the 'newbie'
187 kernel hacker. The audience mostly consists of people who are
188 learning about the kernel, working on kernel projects or
189 professional kernel hackers that want to help less seasoned kernel
191 #kernelnewbies is on the OFTC IRC Network.
192 Try irc.oftc.net as your server and then /join #kernelnewbies.
193 The kernelnewbies website also hosts articles, documents, FAQs...
195 * Name: **linux-kernel mailing list archives and search engines**
197 :URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
198 :URL: http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/index.html
199 :URL: http://groups.google.com/group/mlist.linux.kernel
200 :Keywords: linux-kernel, archives, search.
201 :Description: Some of the linux-kernel mailing list archivers. If
202 you have a better/another one, please let me know.
206 This document was originally based on:
208 https://www.dit.upm.es/~jmseyas/linux/kernel/hackers-docs.html
210 and written by Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche