On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Mike Burns <mike+open...@mike-burns.com> wrote:
> On 2015-06-24 19.18.42 +0200, Piotr Kubaj wrote: > > On 06/24/15 19:11, Michael McConville wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 05:26:10PM +0200, Piotr Kubaj wrote: > > >> I'm mainly a FreeBSD user but want to learn OpenBSD. I'm also > interested > > >> in basic electronics, like programming own thermometer. That's why I > > >> want to install OpenBSD on my BeagleBone Black and write some simple > > >> programs using I/O pins. Are there any tutorials on this? I have found > > >> some books about FreeBSD kernel programming, but none for OpenBSD. > > >> Thanks for your help. > > > > > > http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/OpenBSD-on-BeagleBone-Black > > > > > > I doubt there's much of what you're looking for. "The Design and > > > Implementation of the OpenBSD Operating System" doesn't exist, and > there > > > isn't (to my knowledge) much long-form writing about the OpenBSD > kernel. > > > > > I don't really have any kernel experience. I took interest in some basic > > electronics, but I'm a sysadmin, I want to do it only for fun. I know > > how to program, but didn't do anything related to kernel programming > > (neither on OpenBSD nor any other OS). But since I've wanted to learn > > OpenBSD for quite some time, I figured I would connect both (embedded > > device programming and OpenBSD). But if there are no sources to learn > > from (apart from source code), I guess I will stay with FreeBSD. > > I recommend these man pages: > > - intro(9) > - boot(9) > - autoconf(9) > - config_attach(9) > > Thanks, those man pages seem like good starting points. The online man (man.cgi) for intro(9) is very short I suppose the other man pages in section 9 (kernel developer's manual) will have more details. Is there a way to see all of the pages in section 9 using man.cgi (or man)? Thanks Hrishi
