Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:38:35 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation Message-ID: <201112302138.pBULcZfw076474@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGy-%2Bi-m7hUfrUPKaG6FAiv8cor6%2BWXUW-OwWA=uOAt0yDToag@mail.gmail.com>
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David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com> wrte: > Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>wrote: > > David Jackson <djackson452@gmail.com> wrte: > > > ... > > > > > > However, My finding is that due to poor documentation, ... [ sneck remaineder of ill-informed trolling ] > > Start with "The Design and Implementation of the BSD 4.4.4 Operating > > System" > > by McKusick, eal. > > > > Then read "The design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System", > > by McKusick and Neville-Neal.` > > > > *You* are free to contribute 'better documentation' as you review any > > particular file. Since you feel it is important, you are strongly > > encouraged to "do something" to actually 'make it better', as opposed > > to merely sitting on the sidelines and sniping at the work of others. > > > > Well, okay, yes, I have heard of these books. Ah, you've "heard" of them. And, you obviously haven't bothered to read them, right? Do you know _who_ McKusick is? Or Bostic? Or the other authors of the first book I referenced? Do you have any idea why it might be a good idea to start with what they've written? Do you know that manpages exist for a lot of kernel-mode functions? Do you understand that with all that *external* documentation, there is little need to replicate it inside the source files?
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