From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Kirch Subject: Gentle Guide to the Network Stack Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:05:22 +0200 Message-ID: <200806171105.23069.okir@lst.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:51645 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752659AbYFQJFa (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:05:30 -0400 Received: from brummo (p4FD8D493.dip.t-dialin.net [79.216.212.147]) (authenticated bits=0) by verein.lst.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) with ESMTP id m5H95LNW013548 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:05:22 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi all, I started putting together a paper on the Linux network stack, focusing on how things fit together, and help relative beginners understand the machinery, rather than giving a full-blown highly detailed cross reference (which would be outdated more quickly than you can re-run latex anyway :-) I intend to release it under the GPL or GNU FDL or similar license - I haven't fully made up my mind yet on what works best. You can find the first couple of pages at http://oss.oracle.com/~okir/network/paper.pdf I'd be very interested in general feedback on the approach taken, the level of detail and such. In case I missed the fact that someone else is currently doing the same, please let me know, too. Cheers, Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | --- o --- Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play okir@lst.de | / | \ sol.dhoop.naytheet.ah kin.ir.samse.qurax