Hey Brent I would be willing to help with that project. I'll see what I can do to contribute.
You said that you had some code written. Where can I find it? Is it in a branch on the main tree? Also, would you recommend developing in a GNU/Hurd environment as opposed to a GNU/Linux environment? I tried running Debian GNU/Hurd in qemu, but I had some major troubles with that (keyboard didn't work at all). Should I request an account on the main Hurd machine? I am excited to try to help! Thanks! Charlie On Thu, Apr 5, 2018, 1:47 AM Brent W. Baccala <cos...@freesoft.org> wrote: > Charlie - > > Welcome to Hurd! > > I'm not sure what you consider a small task. Perhaps you could look at my > March 9th email to this list, entitled "RFC: kernel trace facility". > Briefly, I want to instrument the kernel so that we can trace the messages > going to and from a particular task. Our current way of doing this (a > program called rpctrace, that you should probably try out for yourself), > leaves a lot to be desired. I think just about everyone on this list would > agree on the need for such a facility, although its actual design is still > open for debate. > > Actual kernel coding is required, which is somewhat rare on this project, > because with a microkernel architecture, so much of what we do is in user > space. > > I've started work on it and have a little bit of code written. > > Does this look like the right size and complexity for you? If not, I'll > try to suggest something else. > > Thanks for your email, and for any help you can give us! > > agape > brent > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Charlie Sale <softwaresal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello GNU Hurd >> >> I am new to this list, so I figured I would introduce myself. >> >> After reading this project's website, I am very interested in >> contributing to this project. I have always been interested in learning >> about/doing some kernel development. This seems like an excellent place to >> start. >> >> While I do need to learn about how the GNU Hurd works, I do have a solid >> foundation in C and I am a quick learner. I would love to contribute to >> this project. >> >> I intend to start reading up on the documentation and digging around in >> the code, but it seems like the best way to learn is start with small >> tasks. Is there a good starting point? >> >> Thanks! >> Charlie >> > >
