Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:19:38 +0300 | | Subject | Re: Need advice on updating the Linux kernel map | | From | Constantine Shulyupin <> |
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Hi Valdis,
Thank you for your comments! Is very helpful!
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:41 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:02:29 +0300, Constantine Shulyupin said: >> I was wondering if you could help me. I've recently resumed work on >> the map of the Linux kernel - http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map in >> order to make it more up-to-date and to improve it. Please let me know >> how I can update the map, as it would help me a lot. > > A few quick comments: > > 1) Can we do better than an OSI 7-layer burrito? ;) As it stands, doing it > that way creates a lot of things that look like layering violations. For > instance, "Device Model" is up on "virtual", when it actually gets *used* > several levels further down. And you have a *lot* of vertical lines that > cross a whole bunch of levels. You would probably be served much better > by letting each column be a lot wider, and maybe only 4 levels high (you > can probably squish virtual/bridges/logical into one wider level). > > 1b) Much of the I/O column should be one wide section across the bottom of > disk/network/user peripherals, and the 'system run' box should be in some > other column(s). > > 2) Security and debugging seem to be forced in the "user peripherals" column > for no real rational reason. > > 3) I see no mention of tracing/oprofile/perf. > > Hope that helps... >
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