On Aug 5, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Schweiss, Chip <[email protected]> wrote:
> I used to do a lot of Linux kernel work, but haven't jumped in on Illumos,
> mostly because the information to get started seems sparse and often outdated
> on the few wiki pages that exist.
The wiki isn't bad. Also look at this old blog post for building small bits:
http://kebesays.blogspot.com/2011/03/for-illumos-newbies-on-developing-small.html
After our Surge conference this year, we're having an Illumos Day. Would an
intro-to-new-developers talk be useful?
> One curiosity I have is could a hybrid distribution of OmniOS with a Nexenta
> kernel be built and be useable. Nexenta keeps everything out in the open on
> Github. How hard would it be to build that kernel and utilize it?
You might as well spend the effort to upstream bits of illumos-nexenta that you
find interesting. My next mail on this thread will discuss this.
Dan
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