> Hi,
>
> Currently there is no reference manual for all the functions implemented
> in the kernel, or the internal structures. Although there exists a few
> commercial books on this topics, but I hope it can be made freely
> available. And there is none that is alphabetically ordered covering all
> the routines implemented.
>
> I would like to undertake this task....can someone comment on this?
> Is it reinventing the wheel?
Although a similar thing (but somewhat out of date) exists as part of
KHG, I do not think you are reinventing the wheel. Rather it is like shooting
the wheel which rolls incredibly fast along the road called "development".
But if you are in possession of titanic powers and able to keep up with all
the changes on all platforms I would definitely enjoy reading your
documentation. :)
>
> This will be especially useful for the device drivers writers, or if
> someone wants to debug the kernel etc.
It would be extremely useful, especially if you cover all the
platform-specific internals as well for all 8 platforms.
There was an x86-specific document on this somewhere...
Also, it would be absolutely great if David Rusling updated the wonderful
"The Linux Kernel" to cover 2.1.latest (or 2.2 when it is out).
regards,
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