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From: John D. Pritchard jdp@cs.columbia.edu
Subject: How does one read the kernel source?
Date: Mon,  6 Nov 1995 17:36:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19951106223614.AHoEVA5gprlOyULatYveRz2g58h2BdhYO_XxuXy_EGY@z> (raw)



i recall seeing something in section 3 of the manual on kernel debugging,
usually the best way to begin to explore a new system is in a debugger.

of course, halting a kernel is terminal. :-)

> In what order do you suggest to read the kernel source files to understand
> plan9 specific features?

"plan-nouf?", try "plan-nine" or "progetto nove" ;-)

> BTW, how do you pronounce "plan9"? In France, it's something like "plan nough".
> It can also be understood as "New plan".
> 







             reply	other threads:[~1995-11-06 22:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-11-06 22:36 John [this message]
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1995-11-06 23:19 Boyd
1995-11-06 12:56 dhog
1995-11-04 10:06 Jean

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