From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 19 15:35:55 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28ED11065695 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:35:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cyber366@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9678FC18 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:35:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so3921680qwj.13 for ; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:35:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:mime-version:content-type:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to:x-mailer; bh=koJ4d8TJTFrO34iHguUKIiV+pNGO0ya1VYYPGrL6WQQ=; b=NeAw3nMmMuyw02vmyDq1K5bgBts1Sh1yEj6nK3yEGh7nX5j8rGqgdm25laSkT8hkmO neKjUgRtGrX3w0zl6l7eTCY3Uye6N8Z7cfFGKWz9/Yivst74ihtuZc3B+b840Vm48Bgz stvoEHW8FKBijZb4fZ0f1INNeF5srwW0FPtkU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; b=wDgTPVtTjAn7c63GwsNJ69BoW4IIC5TWqljzhFlEXptap3CdjO48i8fbjGn3OiQryT Z2uRpHITHashS9iOO7W37Anzu3HNZgrdIBQGgG6P4FpeCbOaQ7gDT1V+rzRidxaANpPI 1qx8TIil/IzR3BRzFkPqp8ewjbKsmo1MfA2wQ= Received: by 10.229.220.133 with SMTP id hy5mr1472371qcb.269.1298129753845; Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:35:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.102] (c-66-31-125-134.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [66.31.125.134]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g28sm2361744qck.37.2011.02.19.07.35.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:35:53 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: David In-Reply-To: <4D5FDD4C.5050503@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:35:51 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <3DA6F44D-FABF-4E2A-9E32-B3D617C36B61@gmail.com> References: <7E0B1096-3250-4B27-A541-61CA2E5F3F7B@gmail.com> <4D5FDD4C.5050503@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Matthew Seaman X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Developing Embedded Network Device on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:35:55 -0000 On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 19/02/2011 14:04, David wrote: >> [Snip] >> I'd greatly appreciate any pointers. I'm really looking forward to = developing >> under FreeBSD, but just need a few pointers to get me started. >=20 > You'll find that FreeBSD documentation is rather more comprehensive = than > is typical under Linux. Just about everything has a man page, and the > Handbook and various other online publications are generally rated as > excellent. Anything else, the FreeBSD mailing lists or forums can > usually be relied upon to provide answers about. There are = specialised > lists for most interesting topics. Thank you for the pointers Matt, that is very helpful. I am already = enjoying working with FreeBSD and looking forward to learning more about it as I = progress. Cheers, David.