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Date:      Sun, 23 Jan 2000 22:35:53 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Bill Maniatty <maniattb@cs.rpi.edu>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, maniatty@cs.albany.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Learning the FreeBSD Kernel 
Message-ID:  <200001240635.WAA10110@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:39:21 %2B0800." <20000124123920.F2643@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> 

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> I can't agree with Mike Smith that reading the code is adequate.  It
> certainly doesn't apply to newcomers, but it doesn't even apply to
> seasoned hackers like Mike: the BSD style doesn't provide for adequate
> comments, and so what you see from the code is mainly tactics, not
> strategy.

You miss my point; you don't want to be writing a driver until you know 
what you're doing.  Documentation on an OS' driver interface won't teach 
you that; it's something that's really only ever gleaned from experience.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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