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I'm jumping into this.

I know this thread is almost dead, but fuck it, this looks like fun, and a programming board should have more kernel hacking fun in it.

>>875

Thanks. Have been looking for a good C tutorial for a while

I gotta say, this shit is pretty heavy. Even as a long-term gentoo user, it's a lot of legwork.

Task 1 had me do a Hello World kernel module, task 2 has me download and build my own kernel (which is no big deal) and boot it with proof (which is a pain in the ass, because even in a VM, that involves me running through assembling an entire filesystem from scratch, essentially going through the whole LFS series). It's fun and all, but task 2 has hours worth of legwork to do. Building and configuring the kernel is maybe 30 minutes, but getting it booting in a sample system is like two or three hours of assembly if I want to keep it very light.

Sounds fun, but are there any resources or is it just receiving a prompt?

I programmed before in C, but I get the idea if I just jump into this, I'll get prompts like stuff I know how to do normally, but not know what distincts it from being a kernel module, etc.