On 2/19/20 4:36 PM, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
The first thing to remember is that the kernel has no obligation to be easy for new programmers.
it is not that hard. It can be understood, and kernel writers aren't generally starting out by pouring over the code base to learn how it works. OS operations can be taught conceptually, with kernel code source as an example. The Love text is a bit old at this point.
1) Start wading through the git log until you find the commit that changed the API. In either that commit, or a commit in the same series, whoever changed the API
I don't think that will be a useful way to learn to code the kernel. I'm suprised that there has been no new text since Loves work :( -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013