Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:16:29 -0500 From: jt <james.toy@bc.edu> To: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help need Message-ID: <0DDE1C96-7048-4A8F-A514-D786E22D822C@bc.edu> In-Reply-To: <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060204050901.52868.qmail@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com>
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i could also use some help on the ADB project...i finally got interrupts to work on the CUDA PMU...but i suppose you will be able to help me on that later down the road... =p....its driving me crazy...but i refuse to give up on the project -jt On 4 Feb 2006, at 00-47-60GMT-05:00, Joseph Koshy wrote: >> I am a newbie to freebsd. But i do like to >> contribute to the development of this OS. Kindly can > > Excellent. You might want to start with FreeBSD/ia32 > if you are new to FreeBSD. > >> somebody tell me where to start. I am a programmer, so >> i guess i can catch up bitter faster if somebody >> directs me to proper start. I do like to start with >> 32bit compilation of this OS and understanding its >> flow. So I need help here. > > Basically do the following: > > * Start with the various Handbooks (Devel, Arch, User) > published by the project. > * Subscribe to the Freebsd-hackers and FreeBSD-current > mailing lists to keep upto date. > * Read up on how to mirror FreeBSD's sources and how > to build the system from source. > * Play around with 'make world' and 'make kernel'. > > Once you are upto speed, you can check out your understanding > of the code by fixing some of the PRs (bugs) in FreeBSD's > PR database. > > You can also contribute by porting applications and > contributing documentation. > > -- > FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ppc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ppc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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