Re: Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-08 Thread Tigran Aivazian
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Daniel Phillips wrote: > Tigran Aivazian has been preparing 'Linux Kernel Internals' which is > *highly recommended* and 100% free. in case he is curious where to find it: http://www.moses.uklinux.net/patches/lki.html (or .sgml for master source). Interestingly, the main

Re: Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-08 Thread Jeff Garzik
Daniel Phillips wrote: > On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > For the kernel stuff there is a project to put documentation about functions > > and what they do inline into the kernel. Its slow progress. Trying to do > > anything formal and structured isnt going to be productive until the > > d

Re: Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-08 Thread Daniel Phillips
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Is there a project underway that documents how things like the VM, the Memory > > Manger, what a a specific driver needs to do, what it needs to return, how it is > > called, what do all those files in arch/whatever do? Are there bits and pieces Of course

Re: Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-08 Thread Alan Cox
> Is there a project underway that documents how things like the VM, the Memory > Manger, what a a specific driver needs to do, what it needs to return, how it is > called, what do all those files in arch/whatever do? Are there bits and pieces For the kernel stuff there is a project to put docum

Re: Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-07 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
Carl Perry wrote: > > I was reading an article today on Slashdot about how poorly documented the > Windows API was and had this fear that Linux could get the same way. So, cut to > the point: Whoever posted this on Slashdot is smoking some killer dope or something. The Windows API is very we

Kernel Development Documentation?

2000-12-07 Thread Carl Perry
I was reading an article today on Slashdot about how poorly documented the Windows API was and had this fear that Linux could get the same way. So, cut to the point: Is there a project underway that documents how things like the VM, the Memory Manger, what a a specific driver needs to do, what i