From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 19:26:57 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 19:26:56 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail.foobarbaz.net (Mail.FooBarBaz.NET [199.239.183.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7ADA137B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:26:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26583 invoked by uid 1000); 20 Dec 2000 03:26:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Dec 2000 03:26:52 -0000 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:26:52 -0800 (PST) From: Enkhyl X-Sender: enkhyl@cassandra.foobarbaz.net Reply-To: enkhyl@pobox.com To: Nat Lanza Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Writing Device Drivers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19 Dec 2000, Nat Lanza wrote: > Christopher Nielsen writes: > > > Not to be obtuse, but the source always documents the > > current kernel for any OS... > > If you believe that the source is always adequate documentation for > kernel programming, especially in the Linux world, I have a bridge to > sell that you might be interested in. Part of my point is that the kernel source for linux is NOT sufficient documentation. However, I have found that in many cases, the source for FreeBSD and some other OSs (plan9) are sufficient documentation for kernel programming, but usually only for an experienced kernel programmer. -- Christopher Nielsen cnielsen@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message