Linux Kernel Internals and Development (LFD420)

The practical aspects of the class, i.e. working on kernel development during the class.

The training manual is really detailed and informative.

The training material and labs are pretty good.

The fact that the lab solutions were given to students up front, so that when working through the labs it was easy to refer to a known-good source if you hit any blockers or problems, or just to verify what you were doing, was on the correct path. This prevented me from 'getting behind' with some of the labs, meaning I could still work through them, but could come back to them later in my own time to finish my own attempt(s).

Doing hands on kernel module development really helped to make the concepts click, even where the explanations were lacking a bit.

I feel ready to start working on real tasks in kernel and system programming.

The course provides a very good overview, and the training material contains a lot of useful details.

Detailed course notes, good selection of material, and interesting lab exercises.

The code samples in the book.

The course and the reading material offered are officially accredited by Linux Foundation, this adds credibility.

It provided me with a very good update on my outdated knowledge of Linux Kernel internals. I would recommend the course.

The material was very thorough, very concrete, and great exercises were provided.

I now have a holistic view of the kernel, and have acquired a methodology to understand how to navigate the kernel code. With the knowledge, I feel equipped to explore the kernel code on my own.

A really good, high-quality course that I will be recommending to friends.

Practical labs, as well as the overview of functions or macros associated with a module made it easier for me to understand and execute.

The amount of content, as well as the expertise and experience of the instructor was well displayed.

The manual itself is really nice, and I like that I get to keep this as a resource so that I can re-visit the labs etc.

The instructor's diagrams were very helpful towards understanding the concepts. The time given to labs was good - it did not feel rushed. The course notebook was concise, and will be a good reference going forward.

Diagrams were helpful for visualizing (easier to understand this, compared to reading blocks of code). The instructor was friendly and knowledgeable. The memory management sections towards the end were particularly interesting for me.

The book will be my most valuable take away from this course, I can use it as a resource whenever I need to work in Linux kernel.

Having a prepared lab was very good, given the limited time available.

The labs were enjoyable, I'll go through the module again to try all the labs, while experimenting with them.

I am very glad that this training helped me to clear my mind about a lot of things, including learning on my own. Thank you very much to you all. I will consider taking other Linux Foundation training courses when I have a chance.

I liked the sheer detail and relevant references during the course.

I have come away with a far greater understanding of Linux kernel internals, as well as an increased confidence in this area.

I really enjoyed the labs, I felt that they were very well designed.

I liked how much detail went into the course, it allowed me to learn in even more depth some of the concepts I already knew.

The exercises working with the kernel were engaging, and learning about the history of Linux's development, as well as its ongoing efforts was interesting.

I liked the diversity of the topics.

A lot of information about Linux, and the Linux kernel developer community in general.

The course was very well structured, and a lot of topics were covered in just 4 days.

It was surprisingly hands-on, and included a good number of exercises. A very good overview to start deep diving into more topics.

Well designed, instructed and reinforced.

The content, and how each topic was approached, along with the labs.

The coverage of CPU scheduling, process address space, and memory architecture was excellent.

Great course. Hoping to take more.

Written materials and lab exercises were of good quality and interesting.

I liked how the instructor pointed out the underlying fundamental topics for each section, and emphasized that certain topics should already be understood if the student took Comp Sci college courses.

The instructor had a lot of experience and knowledge about the topic. Many stories he told that were not covered in the text book were really beneficial. He also answered our questions really well.

Tim is an affable professor, with a great attitude. When labs were more of an "applied learning" rather than following exact directions, the learning was better.

Very focused on many topics. The chapters were sorted sensibly by the instructor.

The instructor was often able to answer questions about details / reasons, and showed some extra material on the command line or in code, I enjoyed that.