Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 20:21:28 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Chris Moline <ugly-daemon@home.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel documentation Message-ID: <20010611202128.B1762@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <p0510030fb74a946d1efc@[194.78.241.123]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:35:53PM %2B0200 References: <20010611081304.E2079@xs4all.nl> <p05100307b74a1cab57a6@[194.78.241.123]> <20010611090308.A7217@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <p0510030fb74a946d1efc@[194.78.241.123]>
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:35:53PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote: > > Learning kernel internals is hard work. It took me five years at > college to get to the point where I could do anything remotely > resembling systems programming, and getting into kernel internals > would be something that would have taken me even longer. > > That said, each person has their own learning pace, and you might > be able to progress down this road a lot faster than I did. And there is fun in going down the road too, not only in the end. Therefore, one should not be impatient and strive for perfection from day zero. I am constantly amazed at how many things I've learned by just browsing through the kernel and userland sources under /usr/src, yet, after two years of working on a FreeBSD box of my own, I'm afraid I still have major problems understanding some of the more esoteric conversations on -current. -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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