Re: kernel hacking

2003-07-08 Thread Terry Lambert
Sandeep Kumar Davu wrote: I was making changes to 4.5 source code. I tried to recompile the kernel. it compiles well but is not able to link it. I used the function inet_aton in uipc_socket.c This is the error i got. uipc_socket.o(.text+0xid8): undefined refernce to '__inet_aton' I added

Re: kernel hacking environment

2002-08-03 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 12:18:29PM -0500, Erik Greenwald wrote: + + Hey, I have a quick question + + What are some cool kernel hacking environments? I've been dropping down + to single user mode and mounting my /usr ro to avoid fsck time, and have + been thinking of using bochs or vmware to try

Re: Kernel hacking questions

2002-06-13 Thread Arun Sharma
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 04:36:47AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: 2. How do I trace back funcname+offset to a particular line of C code ? I tried objdump -d and gcc -S, but it's not easy to read. I thought there was a way to get gcc to interleave the C code and the generated

RE: Kernel hacking questions

2002-06-11 Thread John Baldwin
On 10-Jun-2002 Arun Sharma wrote: 1. Can I use a SMP kernel and bring it up with just one CPU on a two CPU machine ? Hmm, on alpha you can, I don't think we support that on i386, but it would be easy enough to tweak. 2. How do I trace back funcname+offset to a particular line of C code ?

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-30 Thread Koster, K.J.
I think Yahoo! is using still on 2.2.8. Don't let your imagination run away with you. :) Ok, ok. I just tried to say that there are still 2.2.8 users around with Yahoo! as an example. :-) Kees Jan You are only young once, but

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:35:54AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: Several others have made good replies to this, but here's another thought: The best way to learn something is to have a goal in mind. If you understand C pretty well, pick a PR out of the problem report database and start working on

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Doug Barton
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Koster, K.J. wrote: Dear Ariff, I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, stable and from other BSD project such

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Peter Wemm
Doug Barton wrote: On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Koster, K.J. wrote: Dear Ariff, I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, stable and from

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Alfred Perlstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010125 19:04] wrote: 2.) you should know some basic stuff about FreeBSD internels (i am planning on getting The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System Well more than 'basic' hopefully. :)

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Ronald G Minnich
I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of open-heart surgery: replacing the old VM with a new one, while keep the kernel alive. Neat stuff. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Ronald G Minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010127 09:52] wrote: I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of open-heart surgery: replacing the old VM with a new one, while keep the kernel alive. Neat stuff.

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 06:09:35PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: * Ronald G Minnich [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010127 09:52] wrote: I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of open-heart surgery: replacing the old VM

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Wes Peters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i have assumed about it: 1.) you should know atleast more programming language well (probably C would be best)

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010125 19:04] wrote: hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i have assumed about it: 1.) you should know atleast more programming

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Ariff Abdullah
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, you wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010125 19:04] wrote: hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i have assumed about it: 1.) you should

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Koster, K.J.
Dear Ariff, I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, stable and from other BSD project such OpenBSD to pick all the good stuffs. I'm a happy

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:31:50PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: I think Yahoo! is using still on 2.2.8. There are some people on this list who work for Yahoo!, so you could try to drop them a line. I can imagine that they are interested in softupdates. I'd imagine that just upgrading machines

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Sergey Babkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2.) you should know some basic stuff about FreeBSD internels (i am planning on getting The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System that is about it the rest really is a blur and is so complex and huge i have no idea where to begin hope i wasn't to

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-25 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 25 January 2001 at 22:03:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i have assumed about it: 1.) you should know atleast more

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-25 Thread GLOBALLINK2001
so you mean like take one section at a time? like device drivers, smp etc? whatever catches my interest? ok i see just like programming when you got something big break it into parts, and wow can't belive the author of a great book and a core team member answered my question in less than an