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> the freebsd source, does it make sense to distribute a=20
> referenve to those functions ?

There is an online reference at http://fxr.watson.org/.

> For example writing drivers for a
> network card, requires knowlegde about several things,=20
> so creating a section for writing modules and pack all the=20
> things which are associated within this sections.

Yes we badly need a set of tutorials/guides on such programming
tasks.  Currently browsing the source is the way to understand
how such things are done.

Our section 9 manuals also need to be updated in places.

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