Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:48:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy_work@yahoo.co.in> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help need Message-ID: <20060218224841.6289.qmail@web8609.mail.in.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
I am facing problems with compilation. Is there
any FAQs or forums in which all this basic problems
are already answered?? Kindly post the link's for the
same.
Thanks in advance
--- Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am a newbie to freebsd. But i do like to
> > contribute to the development of this OS. Kindly
> can
>
> Excellent. You might want to start with
> FreeBSD/ia32
> if you are new to FreeBSD.
>
> > somebody tell me where to start. I am a
> programmer, so
> > i guess i can catch up bitter faster if somebody
> > directs me to proper start. I do like to start
> with
> > 32bit compilation of this OS and understanding its
> > flow. So I need help here.
>
> Basically do the following:
>
> * Start with the various Handbooks (Devel, Arch,
> User)
> published by the project.
> * Subscribe to the Freebsd-hackers and
> FreeBSD-current
> mailing lists to keep upto date.
> * Read up on how to mirror FreeBSD's sources and
> how
> to build the system from source.
> * Play around with 'make world' and 'make kernel'.
>
> Once you are upto speed, you can check out your
> understanding
> of the code by fixing some of the PRs (bugs) in
> FreeBSD's
> PR database.
>
> You can also contribute by porting applications and
> contributing documentation.
>
> --
> FreeBSD Volunteer,
> http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy
>
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