How to develop a Kernel

chymeira · 10-23-2010, 10:48 PM

Hello everyone,

I just started taking OS implementation class, and you might wonder why im not asking this from my professor, well I have but he said its too soon.

I want to know that if someone were to develop a new kernel , where would they start ?
If you could just let me know where to start I would appreciate it very much.

Thank you very much.

Aquarius_Girl · 10-23-2010, 11:16 PM

You can have a look at the Minix source code, which is small enough for you to get an idea.
http://www.minix3.org/

You may find the following helpful.
http://www.osdever.net/tutorials/index

Search Google with the following keywords.

Quote:

Kernel designs

and check this out too:
http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page

Sergei Steshenko · 10-24-2010, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by chymeira

... I want to know that if someone were to develop a new kernel , where would they start ? ...

anishakaul gave quite a relevant answer. In addition, one should start from a question: "Do I really need to invent a new kernel ?".

In many senses OS development is (almost) dead. New things may be happening in specialized HW kernel development, and even in this I'm not sure.