Re: [Bulk] Re: My overview of the kernel -- do I have it correct ??

2008-07-11 Thread William Case
Thank you for responding Rik; On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 19:55 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:25 -0400 William Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. I still have the suspicion, that experienced kernel programers have a mental map, construct, or guide posts -- call

Re: [Bulk] Re: My overview of the kernel -- do I have it correct ??

2008-07-10 Thread William Case
Hi Wolfram; On Thu, 2008-07-10 at 18:52 +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: Hi William, On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:49:23AM -0400, William Case wrote: The tables often have pointers to each other in order to build up a full process. Some of the most important tables are; the

Re: [Bulk] Re: My overview of the kernel -- do I have it correct ??

2008-07-10 Thread Wolfram Sang
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 01:18:38PM -0400, William Case wrote: No, I am not ignoring the importance of code. But, it seems to me, if a programmer has the right table in mind, he can get to it and follow the requisites of the hardware and the code from there. Put another way, tables seem to