Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 May 2007 21:44:51 +0200 | From | Jan-Benedict Glaw <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] - LXR on kernel.org ? was: Re: What tools to use? |
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On Fri, 2007-05-11 10:06:17 +0200, devzero@web.de <devzero@web.de> wrote: > Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl () gmail ! com> wrote: > > On 10/05/07, Shahbaz Khan <shaz.linux@gmail.com> wrote: > > > All the experts on this list plz let me know of any good cross > > > referencing tool for source code navigation. I have tried LXR but its > > > not easy to configure for a rookie like me. Anyother as good as LXR? > > > > > lxr is pretty good (glimpse on its own as well can be useful). If you > > don't want to set it up yourself, then you could consider to use the > > online version at http://lxr.linux.no/
One "problem" with lxr.linux.no is that it's only updated from time to time. Maximilian Wilhelm and I added some preliminary GIT support to LXR, and we're working on a patch to present the list of versions as drop-down boxes (instead of a long link list.)
This should allow to index all and any tagged versions of the Linux kernel and present them. However, I don't have a box that's equipped properly (HDD, CPU as well as network connectivity) to offer such a setup, but I'd help in setting it up if somebody provides the machine!
> > Another good thing is "make ctags" in the kernel source dir - this > > will let you quickly jump to declarations etc and back with a few > > simple keystrokes in editors like vim. > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/ldev/0130091154_64.htm > > http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/01/22/167212&tid=13&tid=47 > > http://cscope.sourceforge.net/cscope_vim_tutorial.html > > > > "make cscope" is another good option. It'll generate an index usable > > by the cscope tool (http://cscope.sourceforge.net/). > > I like lxr pretty much. > i`m not a programmer, but i often need some information on "what`s > the driver version of xyz in latest kernel" or "was this or that > feature/patch already being merged" or "i have this line of code > in kernel - how does it look in recent kernel , did it change " ?
You can easily get this information from http://git.kernel.org/git .
> why not adding a link to every kernel an kernel.org kernel, > pointing to recent lxr`ed kernel source - or - even better - > make lxr`ed kernel source part of kernel.org (so we > have "B V VI C Changelog LXR" ) ?
I'd support the idea, but somebody needs to offer a machine or two and enough bandwidth. (Though I hope that it's used rarely enough so that only one machine is needed.)
> sure, i know kernel.org itself is very busy, but maybe this can > be done via dedicated lxr machine/webserver someone is willing > to donate !?
There's *no* way to add this to the current kernel.org machines. There's quite some DB access during indexing, and making up the sources on request takes some CPU cycles, too.
> for myself, i would happily donate some bucks for this.
As I said: If you manage to prepare the box, I'll offer to do the LXR setup and automate the indexing.
MfG, JBG
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