From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jun 11 16:48:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net (h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net [24.67.61.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6597E37B403 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:48:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@home.com) Received: by h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id C505466B00E; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:40:57 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:40:57 -0600 From: Chris Moline To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel documentation Message-ID: <20010611174057.A7743@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> References: <20010611081304.E2079@xs4all.nl> <20010611090308.A7217@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <20010611202128.B1762@hades.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010611202128.B1762@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:21:28PM +0300 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:21:28PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > And there is fun in going down the road too, not only in the end. > Therefore, one should not be impatient and strive for perfection from > day zero. True. > > I am constantly amazed at how many things I've learned by just > browsing through the kernel and userland sources under /usr/src, yet, > after two years of working on a FreeBSD box of my own, I'm afraid I > still have major problems understanding some of the more esoteric > conversations on -current. Me too. For example I discovered awhile back a whole bunch of stuff about consoles. ANSI escape sequeneces, changing fonts, and screen sizes, how to change the login screen. I had lots of fun screwing around with that. I also had fun changing my sisters' consoles to big, blinking red ones. They still haven't forgiven me :) I don't expect to know everything all at once and I realize it takes a long time, not just to understand the internals btu to aquire the experience to be proficient in systems programming. If pressed I might say it takes ten years for a complete newbie to really truly be any good, maybe a few years for someone who has a lot of experience in systems programming. Having said that, I am still frustrated. There's so much I want to try/fix/play around with :) Probably just one of those funky times where nothing goes right. Sincerly, Chris Moline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message