Re: Getting Started

["Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko" <phcoder@gmail.com>]

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On 07.04.2012 11:54, Steve Burtchin wrote:
> GRUB Developers,
>  
> Please help me get started developing GRUB2.  I would like to add some
> additional functionality to the 'parttool' command (functionally
> similar to the code changes I proposed for GRUB-Legacy).
Could you give more details?
> What can you tell me about how the new code is organized and what
> coding rules are in place.
We follow GCS (GNU Coding Standards) and we have a small manual
ourselves in docs/grub-dev.*
>   Is there a structure chart showing the heirarchy of function calls?
No
>   Do you have specific recommendations for editors etc.
emacs and indent with default setting
>   I am using Debian Linux.  I notice that the new code contains a lot
> of pre-processor directives.  Do you have specific recommendations
> about understanding and working on the code?
>
The preprocessor directive names should be explicit enough.

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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko



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