Linux Kernel Development Environment

So, you want to learn how to become a Linux kernel developer? Or you have been told by your manager, “Go write a Linux driver for this device.” HOWTO do Linux kernel development​
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Linux Kernel Source Code
3 Linux Kernel Source Code Repositories
​https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git​
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
​https://github.com/torvalds/linux​
[email protected]:torvalds/linux.git
​https://www.kernel.org/​
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Workstation Setup
[email protected]:~# apt-get update
[email protected]:~# apt-get upgrade
[email protected]:~# apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) kernel-package libncurses5 libncurses5-dev git libelf-dev
[email protected]:~$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Cloning into 'linux'...
remote: Counting objects: 5396825, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (2538/2538), done.
remote: Total 5396825 (delta 2876), reused 3072 (delta 2127)
Receiving objects: 100% (5396825/5396825), 984.15 MiB | 6.28 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4522724/4522724), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
Checking out files: 100% (59844/59844), done.
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ cd linux
[email protected]:~/linux$
[email protected]:~/linux$ ls
arch        crypto       init     MAINTAINERS      net       System.map
block        Documentation  ipc        Makefile         README    tools
built-in.o  drivers       Kbuild   mm             samples   usr
certs        firmware       Kconfig  modules.builtin  scripts   virt
COPYING     fs           kernel   modules.order    security  vmlinux
CREDITS     include       lib        Module.symvers   sound     vmlinux.o
[email protected]:~/linux$

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