Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:55:30 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: gnn@neville-neil.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quick, dumb, question... Message-ID: <200202180155.g1I1tUR59205@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <200202180143.RAA266778@meer.meer.net>
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>Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:43:55 -0800 >From: "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com> >Is there a single document, or small set of documents, that describes getting >started kernel hacking on FreeBSD? How about a set of URLs? >I would like something that tells me about (in no particular order) >1) debugging over the serial line, and remote debugging in general You might start with http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html. (Sorry about the line-wrapping.) >2) Building for 5.0 on 4.x (if possible though I suspect I should not do this) Sure: set up a 4.x system, clear /usr/src, populate /usr/src with the HEAD of the tree ("cvs co"), then follow the instructions in /usr/src/UPDATING. >3) Best practices for dealing with my own versions of files while also >working with cvsup. What I do is use CVSup to mirror the CVS repository (vs. a "working directory"), then use "cvs update" (well, after an initial "cvs co") to update the sources. I do this within "script", so I get a record of what was done, and I can grep the "typescript" file for various weirdnesses, such as conflicts to be resolved. (I also do the "make buildworld" & friends under script, so if something weird happens during the build, I don't need to record it: that's been done. Well, if it's a panic, that may not capture everything -- but a serial console can be helpful in that case.) (I've been tracking both -STABLE and -CURRENT daily, on each of a "build machine" and my laptop, for several months. I've also been testing patches for folks, so being able to revert patches or generate new ones is a definite advantage of having the CVS repository handy.) >Those are a good start for now. Cheers, david (links to my resume at http://www.catwhisker.org/~david) -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I believe it would be irresponsible (and thus, unethical) for me to advise, recommend, or support the use of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product for any purpose other than personal amusement. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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