Kernel Development Learning Pipeline (KDLP)
summary
Red Hat runs a credit-bearing, open-source Introduction to Linux Kernel Development course at UMass Lowell that teaches C, git and email patches, cscope, BPFTrace and Ftrace, and how to navigate maintainers. The program reports ~30 students completed the course, seven interns/co‑ops, and three hires so far, pilots an LFX mentorship cohort with the Linux Foundation, and aims to shorten a typical two‑year kernel onboarding by giving interns practical patching and tracing experience.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introducing KDLP
- 1:02What is KDLP
- 3:09Why we started KDLP
- 4:57Course structure
- 7:46Internships as testing ground
- 9:31Red Hat’s kernel devs group
- 11:44Linux Foundation mentorship
- 13:53Program growth metrics
- 15:17Who runs KDLP
- 16:42Resources and involvement
- 17:25Teaching Git and patch workflow
- 19:30Interacting with maintainers
- 20:34Past education challenges
- 21:25Q&A
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