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Blair Sadewitz | 8 Nov 2008 13:27
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cleaning up/updating "The Design of the NetBSD I/O subsytems"?

Hello,

This paper:

http://nicostuff.org/docs/sys-programming/os-netbsd/netbsd-io-2002.pdf
(the original URL is no longer valid)

is excellent (I've started reading it, but have referred to it on
occasion in the past).  It is, however, aging, and
could use technical review.  I'd be happy to work on the grammar,
myself.  Though of course contributions
from developers and others alike are welcome, ideally those most
qualified for each
section would work on them, and perhaps material could be added.  Of
course, all of this depends upon
consent of the original author.  IMHO, having a polished [hypertext]
version of this available on www would
likely encourage both personal and professional development for NetBSD.

Comments?  If there's interest, I'll attempt contact with the author.
Given the work he put in to this,
it would be a shame to let it stagnate further.

Regards,

--Blair
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Jeremy C. Reed | 8 Nov 2008 14:40

Re: cleaning up/updating "The Design of the NetBSD I/O subsytems"?

Wow. That would have been awesome to publish and publicise some years ago.

Yes, please contact the author. It would be great if you can encourage him 
to release this as BSD licensed.

If licensed appropriately, maybe this content should be merged into the 
existing "NetBSD Internals" 
http://www.netbsd.org/docs/internals/en/index.html

Or if they cover a lot of the same information, then maybe just update and 
continue to make it available as a complementary document.

Thanks for pointing this out.
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James K. Lowden | 8 Nov 2008 18:38
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Re: cleaning up/updating "The Design of the NetBSD I/O subsytems"?

Blair Sadewitz wrote:
> IMHO, having a polished [hypertext]
> version of this available on www would
> likely encourage both personal and professional development for NetBSD.

FWIW, I like the PDF format for something like this.  It's very hard to
get something with the same typeset quality in HTML, cf. page 18.  

> Comments?  If there's interest, I'll attempt contact with the author.

It's excellent work.  I would be happy to edit it for clarity and idiom. 
Life would sure by easier if we could start with the source document.  

--jkl
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Izumi Tsutsui | 16 Nov 2008 10:44
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How to crossbuild on Cygwin

Hi,

The attached text is a simple memo "how to crossbuild on Cygwin"
which I wrote when I played it on Windows XP + Cygwin 1.5.25
to track some related PRs.

I'm not sure if we have proper place (on www or somewhere else)
to put such text, but any volunteers or comments for
test/improve/xml'fy etc. would be appreciated.

Thanks,

---

0. See Cygwin User'g Guide first:
 http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html
 http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html

1. Open http://cygwin.com/
 Click "Install or update now!"

2. Choose A Donwload Source:
 Select "Install from Internet" and "next"

3. Select Root Install Directory:
  "Root Directory"         -> Specify directory for Cygwin ("c:\cygwin" etc.)
  "Install for"            -> Select "All users" or "Just Me" as you like
  "Default Text File Type" -> Select "Unix / binary(RECOMMENDED)" as noted

4. Select Local Package Directory:
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