[ale] Kernel

[Joe Knapka]

To all the people who have offered to host the
"Annotated Linux Kernel":

Thank you all for offering web space.

The "Annotated Linux Kernel" has a tentative
home on the web, on Chris Ricker's server.
Expect to see a URL posted here sometime before
tomorrow. If the site generates enough traffic,
it will need to move, but for now it's covered.

Thanks again,

-- Joe

Jay Finch wrote:
> 
> I could host it on my server if y'all would like.  (Although I primarily
> host LARP stuff, I'm breaking into the technical field more and more.. ;) )
> 
> Cheers!
> Jay Finch
> Sysadmin, LARP.COM
> 
> At 02:06 PM 08/17/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >That would be great, I'm not too sure on where we could host this, perhaps
> >if we got a sponsor... how far are we open to idea ?
> >
> >
> >Joe Knapka wrote:
> >
> > > Michael Hirsch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I've been reading "Linux Kernel Internals" by Beck et al., published
> > > > by Addison-Wesley.  I'm finding it fairly readable.  It only goes up
> > > > to 2.0, so it is a bit dated, but a lot better than nothing.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > --Michael
> > >
> > > I have that book, and I've read a great deal of it, but
> > > it seems rather more confusing than informative. I think
> > > that's because it is rather short on examples in some
> > > places. And it is quite out-of-date now.
> > >
> > > Bach's "The Design of the Unix Operating System" is very
> > > good, though not Linux-specific. I think Bach would be
> > > a good thing to read before "Linux Kernel Internals."
> > >
> > > A while ago I started a little WWW project exposing
> > > the kernel as I explored it. Since I'm not a kernel
> > > expert, it was by no means authoritative, but it
> > > seems to me that there are not too many sources of
> > > information directed at newcomers to the kernel code.
> > > Linux is a great learning tool, but books like "L.K.I"
> > > and the "Kernel Hacker's Guide" are directed (either
> > > by design or due to the author's unconscious assumptions)
> > > at an audience of people who are quite familiar with
> > > kernel issues (multiprocessing, hardware interfaces,
> > > etc.) I wanted to present both my pre- and mis-conceptions,
> > > and the actual state of affairs in the kernel code,
> > > so that someone who was scratching their head in
> > > the middle of something like "L.K.I." could surf over
> > > and go, "Oh, so THIS is what I thought they were
> > > saying, but THAT's what's really going on."
> > > I had gotten as far as a fairly detailed account of
> > > the task-switching mechanism (on Intel hardware) and
> > > surrounding machinery before I got distracted by
> > > other things.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, since I switched from Mindspring
> > > to Charter's cable service, I have no place from
> > > which to host those pages. (Charter Pipeline's
> > > customer support eats pond scum. Fast as hell,
> > > but try getting them to set up a web-hosting
> > > account...)
> > >
> > > Perhaps we could, as a group, work on building up
> > > a collective set of kernel explore-and-explain
> > > WWW pages? Maybe someone could host a Wiki?
> > > If a host were available, I'd be willing to
> > > start out by posting the pages I have on hand.
> > > I would host them on my firewall machine, but
> > > unfortunately I don't have a static IP. Any
> > > takers?
> > >
> > > -- Joe Knapka
> > > * I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
> > > * at the base of my skull is activated...
> 
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-- Joe Knapka
* I speak only for myself, except when the little transceiver
* at the base of my skull is activated...