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Comment by tanvach

16 days ago

Yeah reverse engineering all the drivers is going to be a huge headache.

Sounds like super fun if I could be paid a bit for it.

What is an easy gate task to get into “reverse engineering some drivers for some OS”?

Second thought: I don’t even know how to write a driver or a kernel, so I better start from there.

  • I don't know how you get paid for it, but if you want to write your own kernel, I'd start with an osdev tutorial. started with this one [1], but this one [2] has a promissing name... and I haven't really looked around.

    It helps to have a concept to guide you too, but you can certainly make some progress on the basics before you figure out what you really want to do.

    [1] https://wiki.osdev.org/User:Zesterer/Bare_Bones

    [2] https://osdev.wiki/wiki/Multiboot1_Bare_Bones

    • Thanks. I got all the resources covered. But I don’t have the energy to work on them as a side project any more. Alas! I wasted my younger days and hope you fare better!

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  • Isn't that what low level does on his YouTube channel teach people to reverse engineer stuff?

    • Mostly he seems to try to nail all the items on the "how to grow your YouTube channel" checklists. Clickbait sensationalist titles, exaggerated face on the thumbnail, etc. I have a rule that I don't click on any video where I can't tell the subject by the title, and that eliminated him from my watchlist a while ago.

      I wish the guy luck on becoming a superstar influencer, since that seems to be his goal, but he can do it without my help.