From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 14:16:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACF416A420 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:16:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james.toy@bc.edu) Received: from bc.edu (mrlbva.bc.edu [136.167.2.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C5C143D48 for ; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 14:16:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james.toy@bc.edu) Received: from [65.96.214.226] (account toyj@mail.bc.edu HELO [10.0.0.9]) by fe2.bc.edu (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.6) with ESMTPSA id 118091719; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:16:33 -0500 In-Reply-To: <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060204050901.52868.qmail@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <0DDE1C96-7048-4A8F-A514-D786E22D822C@bc.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jt Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:16:29 -0500 To: Joseph Koshy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help need X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 14:16:37 -0000 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"