Subject: Re: Kernel source tree specifications
To: Ian Zagorskih <ianzag@megasignal.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/23/2003 11:12:23
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Ian Zagorskih wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 June 2003 23:54, Ian Zagorskih wrote:
>
> Thanks all for your replies, finally I found the way :)
>
> Just a note from userland: config and autoconf stuff could [must ?!] be
> documented and described much better. From my last three week's learning
> experience this is the key thing i spent the most of my time to do realize
> how a hell it works. Of course autoconf source code is avaibale and so on but
> if it were well documented with examples and user guides a'la "step-by-step"
> it would save me *tons* of time and i bet it would save me time in the
> future. Pseudo device driver guide is fine but IMO it's just the very very
> beginning.
Could you write down the things that were the most confusing? A lot of us
who can answer questions know things too well to arrange the info in a
way that a new coder will get the most out of.
Take care,
Bil