From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261484AbULNLTW (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:19:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261485AbULNLTW (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:19:22 -0500 Received: from hermine.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:16911 "HELO hermine.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261484AbULNLTS (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Dec 2004 06:19:18 -0500 Message-ID: <41BECDF0.60808@hist.no> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:26:40 +0100 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041124) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ram mohan CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux - open design?? References: <20041214040125.70151.qmail@web90010.mail.scd.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041214040125.70151.qmail@web90010.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ram mohan wrote: >Hi All, >When we say Linux is open source and we have the sites >where we can download the source from, why is not >linux design (High Level and Low Level) not that well >publicised? (Or is it that I am not aware of - in > > Rest assured that nobody is hiding the detailed low and high level design from you. The reason it isn't available for download is that it isn't written down at all. >which case I would like to know where it is.) > > Note that all _changes_ to the design get discussed here, so following this list over time gives a good idea about low-level design. >I am looking for a traceability matrix- where I start >with requirements of Linux, dig into the >design(HLD/LLD) and then the source. > > > Linux wasn't made the paper way, which is why few such documents exist. Of course you can dig up Linus' initial announcement which describes what he wanted to make at that time. . . Helge Hafting