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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 14:44:30 -0200 (BRST)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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To: Todor Todorov <ttodorov@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Want to learn
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On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Todor Todorov wrote:

> I want to learn how the kernel works and how things build on top of
> one another. And here I am looking at the source tree and not knowing
> where to start. The 'Documentation' folder would probably be a good
> bet but after that?

Indeed, you really should look into Documentation/

Another useful place would be http://kernelnewbies.org/

kind regards,

Rik
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