From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 29 9:52:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EAFB37B699 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:52:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f0THpbL09259; Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:51:37 -0800 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:51:37 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Wes Peters Cc: GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame) Message-ID: <20010129095137.A7991@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <8c.189517c.27a24307@aol.com> <3A71995A.E39E0884@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3A71995A.E39E0884@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:35:54AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:35:54AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > Several others have made good replies to this, but here's another thought: > The best way to learn something is to have a goal in mind. If you understand > C pretty well, pick a PR out of the problem report database and start working > on that. It will give you a starting point and a goal. Another place other then the PR system to find a goal is on of PHK's periodic tasks for "Junior Kernel Hackers" sorts of posts. For instance I implemetend the almost-clone hack on the snp device which was an intresting experience. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message