Linux Kernel Internals and Development (LFD420)

About this course:

Learn how to develop for the Linux kernel. In this course you’ll learn how Linux is architected, the basic methods for developing on the kernel, and how to efficiently work with the Linux developer community. If you are interested in learning about the Linux kernel, this is absolutely the definitive course on the subject.

This course is designed to provides experienced programmers with a solid understanding of the Linux kernel. In addition to a detailed look at the theory and philosophy behind the Linux kernel, you’ll also participate in extensive hands-on exercises and demonstrations designed to give you the necessary tools to develop and debug Linux kernel code.

The average salary of an Embedded Linux Developer is $107,500 per year.

Course Objective:

In this course you’ll learn:

• How Linux is architected
• How kernel algorithms work
• Hardware and memory management
• Modularization techniques and debugging
• How the kernel developer community operates and how to efficiently work with it.
• And much more.

The information in this course will work with any major Linux distribution.

Audience:

• App Developers
• C/C++,C# developers
• Linyx Developers

Prerequisite:

• Students should be proficient in the C programming language, basic Linux (UNIX) utilities such as ls, grep and tar, and be comfortable with any of the available text editors (e.g. emacs, vi, etc.) Experience with any major Linux distribution is helpful but not strictly required.