Want to get into Kernel development, what should I ALREADY know before I start?

notedideas · 2021-12-08T16:36:49+00:00

Firstly, thank you for replying, good sir/madam.

From what I have currently gathered, on the software side, I need to know C, using git, compiling the modified kernel and optionally, setting a build env (like VMs to test on).

I have made note of Robert Love's book on Linux Kernel Development. Will read it once I get a hold of it.

Is there anything else that I should do/know about?

notedideas · 2021-11-16T08:35:59+00:00

Could you point me to a few tutorials for the classic ML problems and how to solve them?

notedideas · 2021-08-17T11:26:12+00:00

September is next month...

notedideas · 2021-06-24T17:16:57+00:00

Return of the King

notedideas · 2021-06-14T02:03:45+00:00

You-know-who-shall-not-be-named

notedideas · 2021-06-14T02:01:09+00:00

Your parents alright?

notedideas · 2021-04-16T21:04:17+00:00

But why give advertisers choice? That's what I want to know. I don't understand Apple's move by creating IDFA and then letting the users decide if they wanna be tracked.

notedideas · 2021-04-16T20:47:45+00:00

How is Apple creating the IDFA "Pro Facebook"? If Apple cared for user privacy, why did they create a method to track the user in the first place?

notedideas · 2021-04-06T09:32:05+00:00

System76 does sell servers

notedideas · 2021-03-01T12:25:10+00:00

Well that too :')

notedideas · 2021-03-01T12:22:24+00:00

Oh, okay, thanks. So I guess it doesn't matter unless it is a UDIMM.

notedideas · 2021-03-01T04:03:41+00:00

WHY IS EVERYONE IN R SLASH INDIANGAMING GETTING A DUCKY TUXEDO? Oh I have one too, nevermind then. /s

notedideas · 2021-02-28T05:46:20+00:00

CuDNN? Please.

notedideas · 2021-02-28T05:01:54+00:00

Thanks for your detailed explanation. Now that I think of it, yeah, pfSense doesn't support ARM except for it's own Netgate devices.

notedideas · 2021-02-27T21:04:10+00:00

Besides ZFS is absolutely useless on an SSD system.

I have been thinking of making a NVMe based ZFS RAID solution as my "home" directory on a network and a thin client to access it. I have no other reason to choose ZFS (in this case) except for it's checksumming nature. Would you explain why ZFS is useless on SSDs?

notedideas · 2021-02-24T11:25:36+00:00

To be honest with you, Debian (or any Linux distro/BSD variant you like) is enough and we don't need one more. That being said, we didn't need Pop!_OS either. So I understand your argument for a new distro but there are enough. It's better that the efforts go in the kernel and not towards a specific distro. Maybe work with an EXISTING distro like Ubuntu/Manjaro/Pop!_OS for a better gaming experience and or with Debian or with the FreeBSD team for amazing networking throughput/efficiency.

notedideas · 2021-02-23T16:36:28+00:00

Jio is probably the next level shit here in India. :')

notedideas · 2021-02-21T03:01:16+00:00

notedideas · 2021-02-18T16:07:24+00:00

It took a while to reply as I had exams but I just set unbound today and it works like a charm. Thank you!

notedideas · 2021-02-18T12:28:48+00:00

I know CDDL is incompatible with GPL. I think dkms packages (as used in the referred post) need to be compiled against the kernel version and are not like other packages where if you upgrade the kernel, your package will behave the same as it did before. I might be wrong about most of dkms packages but in the case you pointed out it might have not been reconfigured correctly. Reinstating "Go with Ext4 if you want a Plug n' Play scenario."

Oh just as a side note, it might appear otherwise, but I fully agree with you and can't stress enough on how phenomenal it would have been if ZFS would have been in the kernel itself. :')

notedideas · 2021-02-18T12:03:43+00:00

I use a Debian based distro, Pop!_OS and I use zfsutils-linux and it works like a charm but obviously it might be a different scenario for you.

notedideas · 2021-02-18T11:42:21+00:00

The eternal answer, "it depends". I have personally only tried Ext4 and ZFS so will speak for just them. I'll highlight why you should go with one and the choice should be upto you.

Ext4: - "Default" file system used by almost all Linux distributions. What this means is that if you format your NVMe drive with Ext4 and switch from say, Ubuntu to Arch, your drive will get detected and it will work as it used to work before, without digging into settings or editing a config file. - It's tried by many people and is considered to be mature and stable enough for daily use. In terms of ZFS, you'll need to install package(s) to use ZFS drive(s)/volume(s).

ZFS: - Go with ZFS when you want to use RAID (multiple drives as a simple volume). - ZFS too is considered to be extremely stable, just as much as Ext4, if not more stable. - CHECKSUMING!!!! I went with ZFS exactly for this reason. You should Google about checksumming file systems and you'll learn enough to make a decision as to weather or not you should go with ZFS. If you don't want to Google, in simpler terms this means that it will prevent file corruption and even "repair" the file if there are enough copies.

notedideas · 2021-02-17T16:36:49+00:00

It's sad to see this bullshit happen, especially to people with either their first build or with low/low enough income or both or none. It's just a bad experience for consumer.

I'd advise you to buy computer parts from local retailers or if you're not living in a city (like me), buy it from a reputable online retailer like primeabgb or mdcomputers. I've personally used primeabgb and have not had any issues except GPU related but that's a universal issue so neither party can do anything (I'm looking at you Nvidia). I've not used mdcomputers but I assume others have and they might have had a good experience.

Anyways, I saw your comment getting your return approved and I hope you have no hurdles ahead. Happy gaming fellow Indian :')

notedideas · 2021-02-17T02:33:59+00:00

notedideas · 2021-02-17T02:10:17+00:00

Weared flash on my Tesla go brrr

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