Re: A few questions...
Re: A few questions...
- Subject: Re: A few questions...
- From: Louis Gerbarg <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:52:10 -0800
On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 01:46 PM, Emiel Kollof wrote:
Hi people,
I am new to this list, and I have some questions:
1. Where is the kernel FAQ with answers to questions like these? I
can't seem to find it anywhere, so I'll ask here.
There are some general Darwin faqs with some kernel info at
www.darwinfo.org. but I do not think there is any "Kernel FAQ" (someone
please chime in if I am wrong).
2. Which branch is the one to track xnu with CVS? There are many, and
the branch numbering is inconsistent (ie. Apple-222 is a lower kernel
version than say Apple-201-5). Can someone point me to a document that
explains which branch is the one to track? What is the development
style like? Like FreeBSD's? If yes, which is the equivalent of CURRENT,
and which STABLE?
Apple-222 is different than Apple-201-5. The deal is when new kernels
are submitted internally they are generally given a new montonically
increasing number. When the source for those is checked into Darwin with
the tag they are checked in under being Apple-nnn where nnn is the
version of the project. The notable difference between the kernels you
listed is that Apple-201 was the kernel that shipped with Mac OS X 10.1
and Darwin 1.4.1. After that stuff for software updates was done on the
Apple-201-xx branch, and more work not targetted at the software update
kept having increasing numbers. There is no -STABLE or -CURRENT as in
FreeBSD,
3. Am I on the right mailing list for questions like these? Or should I
move this to darwin-development?
This kind of questions is probably appropriate for either list, not sure
which one it is more appropriate on.
Louis
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