From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 19:08:10 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23D537B401 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shiva.warpcore.org (shiva.warpcore.org [208.2.70.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CE843F93 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:08:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from drevil@warpcore.org) Received: from [65.26.140.154] (CPE-65-26-140-154.kc.rr.com [65.26.140.154]) by shiva.warpcore.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6N289dv015059 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:08:09 -0500 From: Shawn To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3F1CE1EA.9A9E5657@mindspring.com> References: <1058844639.2136.22.camel@CPE-65-26-140-154.kc.rr.com> <3F1CE1EA.9A9E5657@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: http://drevil.warpcore.org/ Message-Id: <1058926092.36882.17.camel@CPE-65-26-140-154.kc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 22 Jul 2003 21:08:13 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Where / how to begin the FreeBSD development journey? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:08:11 -0000 > On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 02:04, Terry Lambert wrote: > There's a wide range of options, from the expensive to the free > online stuff. At the high end, we have: > > $1300 https://www.mckusick.com/courses/introorderform.html > $1500 https://www.mckusick.com/courses/advorderform.html Sadly, he doesn't teach these classes anymore (due to lack of students), and I don't live anywhere near there. Also, the price is indeed prohibitive. > At the low end, we have things like: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html Yes, I have read what I believe are the relevant sections of the normal handbook, I spent the time while 5.1 was installing to read it. > http://www.vsi.ru/library/Programmer/fbsdkern/ Nice to know, the information in the Developer's Handbook seems to be far more recent and thorough although admittedly PCI DMA information is currently out of date according to the document. > You could also look at the "Blue Prints" column at the web site > > http://www.daemonnews.org/ Yes, I read the entire Blue Prints column there. Great information on the basic kernel / userland interface architecture. > There is also a "new users" section there: > > http://www.daemonnews.org/new2bsd/ I read all of the articles in the Getting Started and Basic Skills categories today. The rest of the articles mainly deal with basic system configuration which should prove helpful as a reference should I ever need it. Well, I must thank you for all the various references to information that has certainly proved informative and helpful. I will continue to peruse the mailing list archives and finish reading the developer's handbook (of which I am almost done reading, although admittedly I did skip the IPV6, ISA, SCSI, USB chapters, as they do not currently interest me). I can't believe I never spotted the Developer's Handbook before. Thanks, -- Shawn http://drevil.warpcore.org/