From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 20:33:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 671F716A501 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:33:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB38043D41 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:33:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from [69.27.131.0] ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:37:05 -0600 Message-ID: <419D0733.80006@daleco.biz> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:33:55 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20041023 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karim Ali References: <419CE2C0.2090206@softhome.net> In-Reply-To: <419CE2C0.2090206@softhome.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Nov 2004 20:37:05.0852 (UTC) FILETIME=[5E03AFC0:01C4CDAE] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.4bsd question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:33:49 -0000 Karim Ali wrote: > Hello there, > > I would like to know which is the latest version of the > "4.4BSD-lite" Kernel and also could you send me a copy (preferably the > one which FreeBSD ships with)?? > please email it to karim18@gmail.com , as such i found one online but > it was modded quite a bit and I couldnt figure out the one which comes > with FreeBSD 4.7, (Sorry i'm not all that bright so not having > documentation about the kernel really gives me nightmares), also if > you could direct me to the documentation, and also if you could direct > me to where I could go about getting information on the development of > drivers for the kernel (in specific for WiFi 802.11b/g Lan cards, > although i'm not to sure about the availability of such a document). > > Anyways any help would greatly be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Karim F. Ali > Devign Labs Hi, Karim: I had a rather lengthy reply composed, but lost it. 4.4-BSD-lite was a seperate operating system that is over ten years old; sources from it were imported into FreeBSD 2.0 about 10 1/2 years ago; it's part of FreeBSD's rather dignified pedigree now.... Your best bet for obtaining the code would be via CVS or the CVS web interface, perhaps. As a matter of fact, with CVS you could recreate a FreeBSD 2.0 system if you so desired. However, you express an interest in writing wireless device drivers, so I think your interest would really be in the current kernel, instead of the old one. You might want to read the "hackers@" email list, the Developer's Handbook for documentation (link on the left at www.freebsd.org), and generally just get familiar with the Project (use it, close some PR's, etc??) in order to find out more from those who are closest to kernel development. As a matter of fact, maybe freebsd-arch@freebsd.org is a list you'd want to look into. Certainly someone on arch- or hackers- would be better qualified to give an answer, and might have a better clue as to documentation. There are a number of lists that may have more "kernel developer" types on them; just keep in mind that they are busy folks, and be sure and do you homework before asking a question that is easily answered with Google, or common sense.... HTH, Kevin Kinsey