Kernel Hacker
I’ve decided it’s time to be a kernel hacker. I have been inspired today by working out that the problem with my ftdi rs232bm chip was the hub it was connected too. Please note that this hub was on the same pcb so it took some time to get cables and stuff made to test for this eventuallity. I am starting to understand what’s under the hood of the system. This semester studying operating systems will be the perfect opertunity to hone my kernel hacking skills. I am going to try and run the most up to date kernel possible. I want to be hardcore and contribute to the community I have benifited from. I am going to start with just some simple testing type work on my own humble pc and see how I go.
I am writting this post from 2.6.0-test1 kernel and have just finished compiling 2.6.0-test2 which I shall be running on my next reboot. If you want to download and try it yourself goto kernel.org.
Good on you David. I thought about helping hack Firebird or OpenOffice for a while. Maybe when I get settled here. I would like to learn more. Although I can’t even peer-to-peer my Win2k machines, so I probably don’t have a hope to doing anything else.