Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:57:16 -0400 From: Jeff Isaac <cineveggie@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Starting from the Beginning Message-ID: <448F50DC.5090105@gmail.com>
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Hi Folks! I've snooped around these here parts before, but recently I've felt that it's time for me to try to get serious. A lot of people on these boards (myself included) want to see platforms other than macppc supported by the ppc port, namely rs6k/pSeries (<< a big one for me) and Genesi. I know that the list of requirements for getting these platforms up and running is long, particularly where the move to 64-bit is concerned, and quite frankly at this stage, way beyond me, but that's the point of this email. If I tried to throw my name into the hat, what would it take for me to self-train in driver writing, kernel code, and the various other aspects of the system that need to be built? I'm pretty strong in C++, but I know that a lot of drivers and other parts of the system are written in C, so I get the impression that I will pretty much be starting from square one as far as the actual implementation part goes, even if I understand the concepts behind the implementation. Any good books/manuals? I'm usually pretty good at learning from reading source code. Any particular source files I should print out to start with? Thanks! - Jeff
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