Re: documenting the kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 21:59:07 +0100 (BST)


> If anyone starts the initiative, please tell me. I'll try to help as
> well.

Just pick a bit of code and contribute docs, either to the Linux KHG
or to comments/document files for the source tree. I'm happy to start
checking them in and Im sure Linus won't object too much

> stock 2.0.x kernel and to start reading right away. A good document
> comparing a modern Linux to the hypothetical UNIX described in the
> Bach's book (listing all improvements of Bach's algorithms and data
> structures) would be great. As soon as I finish reading Bach, I'll try
> to start writing something like that.

Linux and SYS5 are very very different animals.