Re: suggestions for new kernel hacking-HOWTO

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

In message <998602169.405.21.camel@elixr.jfreak> you write:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am considering putting together a new, more in depth kernel hacking
> HOWTO.  
> 
> The existing HOWTO (by Rusty), although an excellent source of technical
> information does not contain much practical advice on how to get
> started.

This sounds fantastic!  I'd always hoped that my document would be a
starting point for something more substantial, yet it never happened
8(

One word of warning: beware tying it too closely to shifting
architecture.  In particular, the original HOWTO was aimed at pointing
experienced programmers in the right direction, not reading the code
to them.

Perhaps consider adding:

	Kernel Style
		Don't do it in the kernel
		Don't sprinkle ifdefs
		User interfaces: read/write better than ioctls
		Architecture specific code & portability
		GNU extensions

	Kernel Politics:
		Licencing
		How to get a patch in
		Who owns what code?

Hope that helps,
Rusty.
--
Premature optmztion is rt of all evl. --DK