Advice for hacking on ufs/ffs

[Eric Anderson]

On 07/25/06 10:13, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Shane Adams <adamsch1 at yahoo.com> writes:
>> I'm a programmer that is new to kernel development.  I'm interested
>> in hacking around on UFS and FFS.  I only have one machine so I
>> copied the complete sys/ufs code to a new directory under fs, and
>> changed a few things to get it to compile and mount.  Everything
>> works, and I was ready to start hacking without worrying so much
>> about screwing up my system.
>>
>> Naturally I've rebooted the machine a few times since then, and I
>> was wondering if anyone has advice for a fledgling kernel
>> programmer.  (Best practices)
> 
> Get a test machine with a PXE-capable network adapter, and set up your
> workstation as bootp / dhcp and NFS server.  Having a dedicated test
> box will save time as you won't have to reboot your workstation to
> test your code, and setting it up diskless will help even further.  A
> serial console cable will help even more, as it will save you from
> moving from one keyboard to another and will give you a scrollback of
> the test machine's console from which you can copy / paste error
> messages, backtraces etc.
> 
> DES


DES - anything special with the nfs root'ed box, to make this work well? 
  The only reason I didn't set this up for my work is because it isn't 
portable.. :)

Eric


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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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