Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:57:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:57:18 -0500 Received: from mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com ([216.71.84.35]:38729 "EHLO mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 17:57:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 16:57:13 -0600 (CST) From: Jeff Garzik To: Pedro Diaz Jimenez cc: Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: Beware - kernel Newbie! In-Reply-To: <01021823470200.00315@tajo> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, Pedro Diaz Jimenez wrote: > This is an typical mail from an experienced user-land programmer who wants to > help in kernel development ;D. > > I've been lurking for a while in this list and I'm wondering if this is the > right list for asking stupid newbie questions. Is it?. If not, do you know > one?. Where I can find documentation? We are always welcome to answer newbie -kernel hacking- questions... just ask specific ones. For example, ask "how does struct netdevice's last_rx member get used?", not "what do I need to do to write a network driver?".... The documentation is in linux/Documentation/* > (yeah, yeah, read the code. But > things are always better with an 'vi Doc.txt' in the processes tree :) Really. The code is the best documentation. Hone your code reading skills. Use the source, Luke. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/