From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:38:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:38:48 -0500 Received: from ns-inetext.inet.com ([199.171.211.140]:5831 "EHLO ns-inetext.inet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:38:46 -0500 Message-ID: <3A2D0493.55AED90C@inet.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 09:06:59 -0600 From: Eli Carter Organization: Inet Technologies, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Reitz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Assistance requested in demystifying wait queues. In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew Reitz wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm absolutely green when it comes to Linux kernel development, and so > working on a school project to port a TCP/IP-based service into the kernel > has been quite challenging (but also intesting)! Currently, I'm absolutely > mystified regarding how the "wait queue" subsystem works. I've been > reading the code, and usually that combined with an example is enough, > but not this time. Andy, Go get "Linux Device Drivers" by Rubini (O'Reilly). It talks about that and a lot of other useful stuff. Some of it is a bit dated by development in 2.2 & 2.[34], but it'll help a lot. Good luck, Eli --------------------. "To the systems programmer, users and applications Eli Carter | serve only to provide a test load." eli.carter@inet.com `---------------------------------- (random fortune) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/