Re: Network Architecture Entry Point

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 08:39:40 +0100, <newbie_tw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm interested in learning linux kernel networking. Therefore, I read a
book named "Understanding the Linux Kernel". Then, after reading it,
now I want to trace the source code directly to see how it gets to
worked. However, I have no idea where is the starting point like
start_kernel() function for me to commence. Would anyone simply to tell
me where it is? Or where is the point where the kernel  brings up the
nic or the whole network subsystem?


For i386 architecture, you could start in

  arch/i386/boot/setup.S

-Enrique
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