Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors

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To: mickey <mickey@...>, OpenBSD <misc@...>
Date: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 11:41 am

> as opposed to a majority of people who talk and not code anything?

Good point.
I was wondering what to do next, once/if I can finish fixing a wi
driver issue...

Let me raise one question... There are quite a few books written about how
certain things work on a kernel level, but they're for other operating systems.

If we had such documentation, even if it isn't kept up-to-date, it would be a
start point. As I stated in an earlier message, OpenBSD code is very, very
readable. It could be used in lots of college classes around the world. A
book could provide an additional way to fund the project. Obviously, it is not
an easy task, particularly from the commercial side. Deals would have to
be made and they tend to be more attractive to the publisher side....

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OpenBSD kernel janitors, Karel Kulhavy, (Tue Oct 30, 3:31 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Miod Vallat, (Tue Oct 30, 4:26 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Karel Kulhavy, (Sat Nov 3, 6:53 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Daniel Ouellet, (Sat Nov 3, 5:16 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Hannah Schroeter, (Sat Nov 3, 5:30 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Matthias Kilian, (Sat Nov 3, 6:44 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Daniel Ouellet, (Sat Nov 3, 7:16 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Daniel Ouellet, (Sat Nov 3, 6:13 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Gerardo Santana Gómez Garrido..., (Tue Oct 30, 8:52 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Richard Wilson, (Wed Oct 31, 8:52 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, n0g0013, (Tue Oct 30, 9:20 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Marcus Andree, (Wed Oct 31, 8:15 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 31, 10:20 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Nick Guenther, (Wed Oct 31, 10:30 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Daniel Ouellet, (Wed Oct 31, 4:34 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Pierre Riteau, (Wed Oct 31, 11:55 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Karel Kulhavy, (Sat Nov 3, 7:23 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Marc Espie, (Wed Oct 31, 1:07 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Philip Guenther, (Wed Oct 31, 11:37 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Bob Beck, (Wed Oct 31, 10:53 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Nick Guenther, (Wed Oct 31, 11:02 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Tony Abernethy, (Wed Oct 31, 10:50 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, , (Wed Oct 31, 11:01 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Ben Goren, (Wed Oct 31, 10:38 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Artur Grabowski, (Wed Oct 31, 11:44 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, n0g0013, (Wed Oct 31, 11:54 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Peter N. M. Hansteen, (Wed Oct 31, 2:28 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Ted Unangst, (Wed Oct 31, 3:57 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Owain Ainsworth, (Thu Nov 1, 5:15 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Darrin Chandler, (Wed Oct 31, 4:05 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 31, 11:49 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Karel Kulhavy, (Sat Nov 3, 7:16 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, William Boshuck, (Sat Nov 3, 8:56 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Jonathan Gray, (Sat Nov 3, 7:56 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, n0g0013, (Wed Oct 31, 11:56 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Luke Bakken, (Wed Oct 31, 2:57 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, bofh, (Wed Oct 31, 12:52 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Claudio Jeker, (Wed Oct 31, 12:48 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Claudio Jeker, (Wed Oct 31, 12:10 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors , Theo de Raadt, (Wed Oct 31, 12:05 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, n0g0013, (Wed Oct 31, 12:10 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, mickey, (Wed Oct 31, 11:25 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Marcus Andree, (Wed Oct 31, 11:41 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Ted Unangst, (Wed Oct 31, 12:58 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, mickey, (Wed Oct 31, 12:47 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Bret Lambert, (Wed Oct 31, 1:08 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, n0g0013, (Wed Oct 31, 11:50 am)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Jason McIntyre, (Wed Oct 31, 1:10 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, mickey, (Wed Oct 31, 12:58 pm)
Re: OpenBSD kernel janitors, Ted Unangst, (Wed Oct 31, 12:54 pm)