Hi Robert, It does really makes a lot of sense to rectify such issues. It really discourages any newbie who starts kernel programming. Should we copy the linux-kernel folks to have a take on such issues. On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Robert P. J. Day<rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > i'm pondering adding to one of my linux.com articles one of these > days some links that would be useful for kernel noobs, but i have no > idea how useful or up-to date the kernelnewbies.org site is these > days. specifically, the FAQ itself doesn't inspire me with > confidence. following the very first link: > > http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ/KernelCompilation > > we read that this applies to version 2.6.0, which is *way* old. and > the tar command to extract from a bz2 tarball is just wrong: > > $ tar xivf linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2 > > no, that "i" should be a "j" for bz2 tarballs. > > to be blunt, i'd like to recommend the best of the best of the > available links for kernel beginners, but i'm not going to include > links to material that are out of date or just plain wrong. sorry to > sound harsh, but that's the way it is. > > rday > -- > > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. > > Web page: http://crashcourse.ca > Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Regards, Sandeep. “To learn is to change. Education is a process that changes the learner.” -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
