[FSUG-Bangalore] ieee and free software - gnu linux kerenel workshop

[Senthil Sundaram (sensunda)]

hi,
 
though things are not yet confirmed .. we might have a gnu-linux kerenel worksop conducted by IBM Gnu/Linux Tech center  
 
this is the rough agenda ... and discussion are still on between ieee and the ibm folks
 
-S
Gnu/Linux Kernel Workshop

Objective

Train students on essentials of Gnu/Linux internals, debugging, development tools and

working with the open source community.

Prerequisites

Its expected that all participants will have:


 Basic knowledge of Operating Systems


 Good working knowledge of C

Hands-on experience desirable

Kernel programming experience is a bonus


 Basic scripting knowledge (ex: shell scripts)


 Working knowledge of Gnu/Linux. Ex:

■

Booting a Gnu/Linux system

Basis system administration (adding/removing users etc)

■

Basic commands (ls, ps, chmod, mkdir, vi, etc)

Agenda

1) Basics of Gnu/Linux Programming & Tools (1 hour)


 Simple C programs


 Simple Makefiles


 gcc, stace, ltrace, gdb, objdump, nm, LD_PRELOAD [EXERCISE]


 Quick overview of a typical hardware on which Gnu/Linux runs (CPU, Memory,

Interrupt controller, IO Bus etc)


 Overview of the Gnu/Linux Kernel


 Kernel Layout


 Coding Style


 Important subsystems


 Kernel configuration


 Building and booting a new kernel [EXERCISE]

2) Gnu/Linux Kernel Internals - An Overview (2 hours)


 Process and threads [EXERCISE]


 Memory Management [EXERCISE]


 Filesystems [EXERCISE]


 Interrupts and exceptions & System Calls [EXERCISE]


 Kernel synchronization

3) Device Drivers (1 hour)


 Kernel module programming


 Char and block drivers


 ioctls


 Writing simple char device driver [EXERCISE]

4) Kernel Debugging (2 hours)


 printk


 Dynamic instrumentation techniques


 SystemTap [EXERCISE]


 kexec/kdump/crash analysis [EXERCISE]

5) Free software philosophy and how You can contribute (30 mins)


 Introduction to the free software community


 How to contribute


 New exciting areas of work in the kernel

Freedom matters in software society and soul

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