From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 12 14:26:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com (gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com [151.145.250.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E54714C16 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:26:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com) Received: by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com; id QAA05795; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:29:15 -0600 Received: from stlexggtw002-pozzoli.fw-users.busch.com(151.145.101.130) by gatewaya.anheuser-busch.com via smap (V5.0) id xma005725; Wed, 12 Jan 00 16:28:36 -0600 Received: from stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com ([151.145.101.161]) by 151.145.101.130 (Norton AntiVirus for Internet Email Gateways 1.0) ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 22:25:37 0000 (GMT) Received: by stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:25:33 -0600 Message-ID: <299BF5F5EF5ED31196760008C7D9AE5D4E2205@STLABCEXG022> From: "Alton, Matthew" To: "'Michael Lucas'" , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Reading the kernel sources Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:25:50 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Get a copy of the 4.4BSD book and read the relevant code along with the various topics. "Of course you're the Messiah! I say you are and I should know, I've followed a few!" -- John Cleese in "Life of Brian" Matthew Alton Computer Services - UNIX Systems Administration (314)632-6644 matthew.alton@anheuser-busch.com alton@plantnet.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lucas [SMTP:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org] > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 4:09 PM > To: hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Reading the kernel sources > > I find myself in a contract where I sit for eight hours a day and wait > for something to break. It pays obscenely well, so I'm putting up > with the tedium. > > So, if I was to sit down and start reading /usr/src/sys, where's the > logical place to start? Or should I start elsehwere? Or is there no > logical statring place, and I should just assimilate it all en masse? > > Minesweeper can only fill so many hours in a day, after all. > > Thanks, > ==ml > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message