From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 8 15:04:25 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id PAA17520 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 15:04:25 -0700 Received: from tserv.lodgenet.com (dial5.iw.net [204.157.148.54]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA17415 for ; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 15:02:56 -0700 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by tserv.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA09616; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 17:02:46 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA27284; Tue, 8 Aug 1995 17:02:04 -0500 Message-Id: <199508082202.RAA27284@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: Karl Strickland cc: "Eric L. Hernes" , terry@cs.weber.edu, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device driver writers guide In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 05 Aug 1995 18:34:09 BST." <199508051734.SAA01503@bagpuss.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 17:02:02 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > i think there's two issues here: > > 1. strict device driver documentation (entry points etc) - this > is what Eric is proposing to document. > > 2. documentation for other kernel subsystems - this is what Terry > would like to see documented (probably in addition to #1?!) > I totally agree. That's what I intended. > > > > III. Kernel Support Routines > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ seems to 'overlap' with #2 depending on > how far you take it :) > > Eric, the outline looks very useful, I'd be really interested to read > whatever you write for this.. Well, *I'd* be interested in what I write here too ;-). I was kind of adding this as a hook into #2, and also because SCO has something similar. This should really go into /usr/share/man somewhere, and be analogous to man2, but I don't know where the proper place is. I was also kind of hoping that someone more familiar with the kernel, (i.e. has written some of it, not just run tags/grep/... on the source) could help here. > > Cheers, > Karl > > -- > ------------------------------------------+----------------------------------- > Mailed using ELM on FreeBSD | Karl Strickland > PGP 2.3a Public Key Available. | Internet: karl@bagpuss.demon.co.uk > | > -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com