From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 05:09:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71AF16A420 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:09:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maddy_work@yahoo.co.in) Received: from web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com (web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com [202.43.219.76]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2450643D6D for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:09:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maddy_work@yahoo.co.in) Received: (qmail 52878 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Feb 2006 05:09:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.co.in; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Mo96Gre6jGqFMHOsVYBgeegb12NAsnaq6IT5cL6ljH6knKxw8zvHOTVvZY17dps1GyXMoGeKqF3spRBBYBeE9iqtEaZ3C/EDQ41OjSQ5Wp0STD8Ig92x0uhYBW+/QkuV4I76r0PZ35LnGB3t1Kdc9uHmBhknt8v/LzpDM3dOsAU= ; Message-ID: <20060204050901.52868.qmail@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.30.128.206] by web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:09:01 GMT Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:09:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Madhavan Srinivasan To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Help need X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:09:07 -0000 Hi, I am a newbie to freebsd. 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Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 4 05:47:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E54B16A420 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:47:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joseph.koshy@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B015843D46 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:47:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from joseph.koshy@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so523316wxc for ; Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:47:07 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fWHOXQEEviaOaEYBk07IAdF2BE3mmsQmI5CMEysJQMoJyfZzBGYg8Y6kzb6xMxxCjEL/jwDpyfjo8hjtNG75oHGF/pdchvoQykONn2chUmcKcMtg19KDOrOMdhbDkHvL3P0vPqaxEd/f/z9grpkzZudmT62XEjyjhXkHNVOcZ+I= Received: by 10.70.118.5 with SMTP id q5mr3261672wxc; Fri, 03 Feb 2006 21:47:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.105.2 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:47:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <84dead720602032147l7dec4123t13d11f4253442073@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:17:06 +0530 From: Joseph Koshy To: Madhavan Srinivasan In-Reply-To: <20060204050901.52868.qmail@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060204050901.52868.qmail@web8601.mail.in.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help need X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:47:08 -0000 > I am a newbie to freebsd. But i do like to > contribute to the development of this OS. Kindly can Excellent. You might want to start with FreeBSD/ia32 if you are new to FreeBSD. > somebody tell me where to start. I am a programmer, so > i guess i can catch up bitter faster if somebody > directs me to proper start. I do like to start with > 32bit compilation of this OS and understanding its > flow. So I need help here. Basically do the following: * Start with the various Handbooks (Devel, Arch, User) published by the project. * Subscribe to the Freebsd-hackers and FreeBSD-current mailing lists to keep upto date. * Read up on how to mirror FreeBSD's sources and how to build the system from source. * Play around with 'make world' and 'make kernel'. Once you are upto speed, you can check out your understanding of the code by fixing some of the PRs (bugs) in FreeBSD's PR database. You can also contribute by porting applications and contributing documentation. -- FreeBSD Volunteer, http://people.freebsd.org/~jkoshy