Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:20:09 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reading the kernel sources Message-ID: <387EC019.29BCBA6C@softweyr.com> References: <200001132144.QAA48936@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
> > Michael Lucas wrote:
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > Start with the PR database. Grab a PR, see if you can figure out what makes
> > it go wrong, and then see if you can make it go right. Call this "directed
> > research" of anyone asks what you're doing.
>
> Gut reaction:
>
> "Geez, I'd like to learn how to swim."
>
> "No problem! Just tie these cinderblocks to your wrists and ankles,
> jump off the deep end, and you'll be ready to go."
Close. Leave off the cinderblocks, just jump in.
> Second reaction:
>
> Ah, what the hell. I might actually fix something.
You might. Take your time, there's no hurry. ;^)
> PS: Anyone know the status of zp0 in -current?
Having interrupt problems, at least on the 589D. Get an NE2000 clone.
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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