Contents

• The kernel, patches, trees and compilation
  • The kernel
  • Patches
  • Ketchup
  • Trees
  • The -mm tree
  • Compilation and installation
    • Kernel compilation
    • Useful make options
    • Kernel modules
    • Kernel hacking options
    • Magic SysRq
    • Installation
    • Automated configuration and installation
  
  
• Testing
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two (AutoTest)
  • Phase Three
  • Measuring performance
  • Hello world! or What exactly are we looking for?
  • Binary drivers and distribution kernels
  
  
• Collecting kernel messages
  • Syslog, console and dmesg
  • Serial console
  • Network console
  
  
• Git, quilt and binary searching
  • Git
  • Quilt
  • General idea of binary searching
  • Binary searching with the help of quilt
  • Binary searching with the help of git-bisect
  • Caveats
  
  
• Reporting bugs
• Testing of hardware
• Related topics
  • Test system
  • KLive
  • Sending patches
  • How to become the kernel developer?
  
  
• License