Next steps should be done before start the project activity. Expected results [red in brackets]

• install linux, git, build-essential
• download kernel sources
• configure kernel simplest as possible [kernel config file]
• build and install (if fail, go previous step)
• read and understand «Block Drivers» chapter from LDD
• read and understand how does elevator work and make [wiki-page] with description
• using noop-elevator as a template make new my-elevator io scheduler and build it into kernel, it should be possible change IO-scheduler on the fly from standard to yours and vise-versa. [patch, kernel config]

Useful links

• http://lxr.free-electrons.com/
• https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/kernel-api/index.html
• https://scaryreasoner.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/the-life-of-io-in-the-linux-kernel/