Starting from the Beginning

[Jeff Isaac]

Hi Folks!

I've snooped around these here parts before, but recently I've felt that 
it's time for me to try to get serious. A lot of people on these boards 
(myself included) want to see platforms other than macppc supported by 
the ppc port, namely rs6k/pSeries (<< a big one for me) and Genesi. I 
know that the list of requirements for getting these platforms up and 
running is long, particularly where the move to 64-bit is concerned, and 
quite frankly at this stage, way beyond me, but that's the point of this 
email.

If I tried to throw my name into the hat, what would it take for me to 
self-train in driver writing, kernel code, and the various other aspects 
of the system that need to be built? I'm pretty strong in C++, but I 
know that a lot of drivers and other parts of the system are written in 
C, so I get the impression that I will pretty much be starting from 
square one as far as the actual implementation part goes, even if I 
understand the concepts behind the implementation. Any good 
books/manuals? I'm usually pretty good at learning from reading source 
code. Any particular source files I should print out to start with?

Thanks!
- Jeff