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Am working with ubuntu for my main project.. I need help from experts, to learn ubuntu more...

Asked by Akhil V Suku on 2012-09-19

Am working with ubuntu for my main project.. I need help from experts, to learn ubuntu more...
I have to work in kernel level and am not much aware of ubuntu kernel.. So to clear my doubts i need the support of ubuntu experts...
I am planning an improved pipelining method or am introducing a new technology for cache management other than branch prediction.. I just started with it.. So please support me by giving valuable information about pipelining data loading to cache, page table, process descriptors etc .....

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said on 2012-09-19:

This forum is aimed predominantly at end users so I doubt you will get a lot of detailed technical information on the internals of linux. Though I would like to be plesently surprised about this.

I suggest you download the source from here

http://www.kernel.org/

and find a good book from your local bookshop or library. There are lots of good ones and the best way to understand code is to work with it

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said on 2012-09-19:

You could start by looking here

http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net/

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2012-09-19:

http://www.webune.com/forums/what-is-the-linux-kernel-explained.html
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-linux-kernel-works
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel

The kernel is one of the most complex parts of your OS. I suggest you buy/borrow some books too. Something like:

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Linux-Kernel-Third-Daniel/dp/0596005652/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348043731&sr=1-2&keywords=Linux+Kernel

Etc.

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Warren Hill (warren-hill) said on 2012-09-19:

The book recommend by Andrew is worth reading. Don't do what I did however and buy the Kindle edition. Some of the tables are too small to read easily but I'm sure they are OK in the print edition.

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Sam_ (and-sam) said on 2012-09-19:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/FAQ
http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt