kdb architecture whitepaper

Keith Owens kaos at sgi.com
Thu May 22 21:10:57 PDT 2003


On Thu, 22 May 2003 22:01:29 +0200, 
Markus Schaber <markus.schaber at student.uni-ulm.de> wrote:
>Hallo,
>
>Keith Owens <kaos at sgi.com> schrieb:
>
>> >Now, my question is whether there is any whitepaper or speech slides
>> >describing the general kdb architecture and how it works, somehow
>> >giving the "big picture".
>> 
>> No, like most of the kernel code, kdb evolved in response to user
>> requests.  Read the source, Luke ;).
>
>Strange, I was nearly shure that kdb could give a good speech at a linux
>expo or kernel summit...

It would be a good talk but ... Both Linus (2.5) and Marcelo (2.4) have
said that they do not want kdb in the kernel.  That means I cannot
justify any expenditure on documentation, talks etc., giving a
presentation is a lot of effort for zero return.




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