[plug] Presentation suggestion...

[Ian Kent]

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 02:35 +1000, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> On 7/26/07, Ian Kent <raven at themaw.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 19:26 +0800, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> <snip>
> > > > I also would like to see a presentation on how to compile the kernel,
> >
> > Oh ya, that would be brief!
> > Grab tarball, untar, cd to top level directory, type make.
> 
> I could see a 15-30 minute talk and demo on kernel configuration and
> building, including the important options to choose etc working. The
> impression I've occasionally got from people is that it's perceived as
> a bit of a black art, so something that helps clear that up can't
> hurt. Was that the sort of thing you were thinking of, Fred?
> 
> I'm fine to present this, unless someone else has a burning desire.
> 
> > > > basically to be able to work on the kernel, make some changes and
> > > > submit a patch if successful and interesting...
> >
> > And that's totally different subject.
> 
> Yep.
> 
> > People tend to be knowledgeable about specific areas, the kernel is
> > complex, don't think that after a 1 hour talk you'll be able to
> > identify, debug and produce a patch! Much of the time it's hard enough
> > to just skim through the kernel mailing list without actually doing any
> > work.
> 
> Fair enough.
> 
> > What would be really good is if someone could give a series of talks
> > about oops, BUG and panic message decoding, including working out where
> > in the kernel source the problem occurred etc.
> 
> Sounds interesting. I'll add it to the list of topic ideas that are
> looking for a home.

Don't forget it takes quite a while to put a talk together.

Ian