On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:25 -0400 William Case <billlinux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 1. I still have the suspicion, that experienced kernel programers > have a mental map, construct, or guide posts -- call it what you > will -- that you use, to locate within kernel code, the place, > function, line, or whatever, to start trouble shooting, fixing > or creating a piece of the kernel. It may have been gained by > osmosis resulting from years of experience, but still I believe, > that it is probably there in your heads somewhere. Of course, > extracting this is biggest problem in expert systems. I believe that nobody knows all of the kernel code. Nobody. However, because the kernel is used like a library, with most code paths being fairly limited in scope from entry point to exit point, people can learn their "local area" of the kernel very well. In fact, because entry and exit points are so well defined, people do not need to learn the whole kernel. Besides, by the time you've learned everything about one version of the kernel, many things will have changed already upstream :) -- All rights reversed. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
