Save yourself the headache.
Despite the fact that it is based on the 2.2 network core, the Coriolis book
Linux IP Stacks was a good book of source code to scip to parts of the code
which was related to my interests. It may be a little different now, with the
iptables rework, but besides that, it is a good introduction to the
implementation of the low level protcols.
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
> Donghui Wen wrote:
> >
> > I am hacking the implementation of linux2.4's
> > networking (IPV4) . Can anyone give me some idea
> > what material I should read to understand the
> > data structures and algorithms. I have stevens's
> > books which talked about BSD's implementation.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Donghui
>
> Print it all out
>
> read the source code
>
> I like the a2ps tool for formatting source code for reading;
> I print out a sheaf of source code and retreat to a local coffee emporium
> with a highlighter and a legal pad.
>
> --
> David Nicol 816.235.1187 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 2.4.0 seems faster than 2.2.16
>
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