Re: kernel hacking

2003-07-08 Thread Terry Lambert
Sandeep Kumar Davu wrote: > I was making changes to 4.5 source code. I tried to recompile the kernel. > it compiles well but is not able to link it. > I used the function inet_aton in uipc_socket.c > This is the error i got. > > uipc_socket.o(.text+0xid8): undefined refernce to '__inet_aton' > >

kernel hacking

2003-07-08 Thread Sandeep Kumar Davu
Hi, I was making changes to 4.5 source code. I tried to recompile the kernel. it compiles well but is not able to link it. I used the function inet_aton in uipc_socket.c This is the error i got. uipc_socket.o(.text+0xid8): undefined refernce to '__inet_aton' I added all the header files that wer

Re: kernel hacking environment

2002-08-03 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 12:18:29PM -0500, Erik Greenwald wrote: +> +> Hey, I have a quick question +> +> What are some cool kernel hacking environments? I've been dropping down +> to single user mode and mounting my /usr ro to avoid fsck time, and have +> been thinking o

kernel hacking environment

2002-08-03 Thread Erik Greenwald
Hey, I have a quick question What are some cool kernel hacking environments? I've been dropping down to single user mode and mounting my /usr ro to avoid fsck time, and have been thinking of using bochs or vmware to try to expediate things, maybe with a 100 meg 'disk', then

Kernel hacking

2002-06-16 Thread Eirik Nygaard
I want to start recodeing the FreeBSD kernel, just for fun. Are there any good kernel hacking guides? Eirik Nygaard msg35016/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Kernel hacking questions

2002-06-12 Thread Arun Sharma
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 04:36:47AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > 2. How do I trace back funcname+offset to a particular line of C code ? > >I tried objdump -d and gcc -S, but it's not easy to read. I thought > >there was a way to get gcc to interleave the C code and the generated > >a

RE: Kernel hacking questions

2002-06-11 Thread John Baldwin
On 10-Jun-2002 Arun Sharma wrote: > 1. Can I use a SMP kernel and bring it up with just one CPU on a two CPU >machine ? Hmm, on alpha you can, I don't think we support that on i386, but it would be easy enough to tweak. > 2. How do I trace back funcname+offset to a particular line of C code

Kernel hacking questions

2002-06-09 Thread Arun Sharma
1. Can I use a SMP kernel and bring it up with just one CPU on a two CPU machine ? 2. How do I trace back funcname+offset to a particular line of C code ? I tried objdump -d and gcc -S, but it's not easy to read. I thought there was a way to get gcc to interleave the C code and the gener

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-30 Thread Koster, K.J.
> > > I think Yahoo! is using still on 2.2.8. > > Don't let your imagination run away with you. :) > Ok, ok. I just tried to say that there are still 2.2.8 users around with Yahoo! as an example. :-) Kees Jan You are only young once,

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Peter Wemm
Doug Barton wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > > Dear Ariff, > > > > > > > > I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look > > > forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light > > > I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, >

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Doug Barton
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Koster, K.J. wrote: > Dear Ariff, > > > > > I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look > > forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light > > I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, > > stable and from other BSD project

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-29 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 08:35:54AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > Several others have made good replies to this, but here's another thought: > The best way to learn something is to have a goal in mind. If you understand > C pretty well, pick a PR out of the problem report database and start working >

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Wes Peters
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking > into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i > have assumed about it: > 1.) you should know atleast more programming language well (probably C would > be be

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Garrett Rooney
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 06:09:35PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010127 09:52] wrote: > > > > I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's > > PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of o

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Ronald G Minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010127 09:52] wrote: > > I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's > PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of open-heart surgery: > replacing the old VM with a new one, while keep the ker

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Ronald G Minnich
I still think a really neat source for kernel hacking is Chuck Cranor's PhD thesis. He describes the kernel equivalent of open-heart surgery: replacing the old VM with a new one, while keep the kernel alive. Neat stuff. ron To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "u

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-27 Thread Dag-Erling Smorgrav
Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010125 19:04] wrote: > > 2.) you should know some basic stuff about FreeBSD internels (i am planning > > on getting The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System > > Well more than 'basic' hop

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Sergey Babkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 2.) you should know some basic stuff about FreeBSD internels (i am planning > on getting The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System > > that is about it the rest really is a blur and is so complex and huge i have > no idea where to begin hope i wasn't

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Bill Fumerola
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 01:31:50PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > I think Yahoo! is using still on 2.2.8. There are some people on this list > who work for Yahoo!, so you could try to drop them a line. I can imagine > that they are interested in softupdates. I'd imagine that just upgrading machine

RE: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Koster, K.J.
Dear Ariff, > > I remembered porting back cd9660 to 2.2.x tree, and now look > forward porting softupdates (If anybody can give me some light > I really appreciate that). I'm reviewing sources from current, > stable and from other BSD project such OpenBSD to pick all > the good stuffs. > I'm a h

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Ariff Abdullah
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, you wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010125 19:04] wrote: > > hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking > > into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i > > have assumed about it: > > > 1.)

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-26 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010125 19:04] wrote: > hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking > into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i > have assumed about it: > 1.) you should know atleast more programming la

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-25 Thread GLOBALLINK2001
so you mean like take one section at a time? like device drivers, smp etc? whatever catches my interest? ok i see just like programming when you got something big break it into parts, and wow can't belive the author of a great book and a core team member answered my question in less than an hou

Re: Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-25 Thread Greg Lehey
On Thursday, 25 January 2001 at 22:03:35 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking > into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i > have assumed about it: > 1.) you should know atleast more progra

Kernel Hacking (i tried not to make it lame)

2001-01-25 Thread GLOBALLINK2001
hey guys i know you probably get this question all the time but i am looking into getting into doing somekernel hacking first i will tell you some thing i have assumed about it: 1.) you should know atleast more programming language well (probably C would be best) 2.) you should know some basic

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-16 Thread Wes Peters
Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Wednesday, 15 November 2000 at 10:08:45 +, visi0n wrote: > > > > The THC have a documentation about freebsd kernel space. > > > > packetstorm.securify.com/groups/thc/bsdkern.htm > > Repeating the full URL for the benefit of mutt users, this is > http://pa

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-16 Thread Wes Peters
Paonia Ezrine wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 14 November 2000 at 16:32:49 -0500, Paonia Ezrine wrote: > > > I am looking for info on programing in kernel land. System calls, howto's > > > etc. I have not found anything that realy covers this stuff any and all > > > help would be welcomed! > > > > The s

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-15 Thread Ben Smithurst
Paonia Ezrine wrote: >> The system calls are described in section 2 of the manual. > > thanks. do you mean handbook? No, he means the manual. "man 2 intro" to get an introduction, "man 2 read" for a particular system call, etc. -- Ben Smithurst / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsu

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Greg Lehey
On Wednesday, 15 November 2000 at 10:08:45 +, visi0n wrote: > > The THC have a documentation about freebsd kernel space. > > packetstorm.securify.com/groups/thc/bsdkern.htm Repeating the full URL for the benefit of mutt users, this is http://packetstorm.securify.com/groups/thc/bs

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 14 November 2000 at 21:14:25 -0500, Paonia Ezrine wrote: > > >> On Tuesday, 14 November 2000 at 16:32:49 -0500, Paonia Ezrine wrote: >>> I am looking for info on programing in kernel land. System calls, howto's >>> etc. I have not found anything that realy covers this stuff any and all

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Greg Black
Paonia Ezrine wrote: > > The system calls are described in section 2 of the manual. > thanks. do you mean handbook? No, he meant what he said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Paonia Ezrine
> On Tuesday, 14 November 2000 at 16:32:49 -0500, Paonia Ezrine wrote: > > I am looking for info on programing in kernel land. System calls, howto's > > etc. I have not found anything that realy covers this stuff any and all > > help would be welcomed! > > The system calls are described in sect

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread visi0n
The THC have a documentation about freebsd kernel space. packetstorm.securify.com/groups/thc/bsdkern.htm === visi0n AUX Technologies [www.aux-tech.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Greg Lehey
On Tuesday, 14 November 2000 at 16:32:49 -0500, Paonia Ezrine wrote: > I am looking for info on programing in kernel land. System calls, howto's > etc. I have not found anything that realy covers this stuff any and all > help would be welcomed! The system calls are described in section 2 of the m

looking for kernel hacking info

2000-11-14 Thread Paonia Ezrine
I am looking for info on programing in kernel land. System calls, howto's etc. I have not found anything that realy covers this stuff any and all help would be welcomed! thanks Paonia To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message