From: Daniel Chemko <dchemko@intrinsyc.com>
To: "David L. Nicol" <david@kasey.umkc.edu>
Cc: dwen@javapond.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How can I understand Linux Network implementation?
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:14:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A77670F.AF26FE59@intrinsyc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010127022533.3CDBF36F9@sitemail.everyone.net> <3A771EDC.58D2FE8D@kasey.umkc.edu>
Save yourself the headache.
Despite the fact that it is based on the 2.2 network core, the Coriolis book
Linux IP Stacks was a good book of source code to scip to parts of the code
which was related to my interests. It may be a little different now, with the
iptables rework, but besides that, it is a good introduction to the
implementation of the low level protcols.
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
> Donghui Wen wrote:
> >
> > I am hacking the implementation of linux2.4's
> > networking (IPV4) . Can anyone give me some idea
> > what material I should read to understand the
> > data structures and algorithms. I have stevens's
> > books which talked about BSD's implementation.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Donghui
>
> Print it all out
>
> read the source code
>
> I like the a2ps tool for formatting source code for reading;
> I print out a sheaf of source code and retreat to a local coffee emporium
> with a highlighter and a legal pad.
>
> --
> David Nicol 816.235.1187 dnicol@cstp.umkc.edu
> 2.4.0 seems faster than 2.2.16
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-30 21:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-27 2:25 How can I dnderstand Linux Network implementation? Donghui Wen
2001-01-30 20:06 ` How can I understand " David L. Nicol
2001-01-31 1:14 ` Daniel Chemko [this message]
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