From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fox-host189.dsl.visi.com ([208.42.144.189] helo=fox.sector14.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Ufis-0003P9-00 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2002 22:11:16 -0500 Received: from greatmachine ([199.17.219.218]) by fox.sector14.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id g0R3B7X47839 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:11:07 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from capeterson@visi.com) Message-ID: <000f01c1a6e0$1bbc1280$6801030a@greatmachine> From: "Chris Peterson" To: References: <000e01c1a6b2$53c2a820$6801030a@greatmachine><001701c1a6d2$26881500$6801030a@greatmachine> Subject: Re: development questions Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:09:59 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > That tutorial is quite out of date but it covers the basic issues > still quite well. We don't use loadspk/dumpspk anymore. That > functionally is totally handled by the /proc filesystem these days. I > am pretty sure the tutorial states that the actual declarations are in > speakup.h. Which is where they are. There was also an article I I'll go back through it and look, but I didn't see it the two or three times I read that over. > wrote a few years ago about how to write functions to be included but > I don't seem to be able to find it. What functions do you want added? I'm not sure what I want added, if anything... I was just curious to know how it worked. I have no experience with kernel coding, but this seemed like as good a reason to learn as anything. > How much experience do you have kernel coding? I am not trying to > discourage you but there are things which will bite you in the ass if > you aren't good and familiar with kernel issues. We can always use I don't doubt that, but it is good to learn these things... I'm in my last semester of a computer science degree and, while I'm in the habit of studying, I figured I might as well learn about some of this stuff. > extra hands though so if you're willin to put in the work it will be > nice having you on board. I also recommend you get on the reflector > if that is the case. If you don't know about the reflector, then I I know about the reflecter, and I'm pleased to know about others using SpeakFreely. Some friends and I run a reflecter on fox.sector14.net:2074 for our own enjoyment. Its a great tool, but the university just put in nat to the dorms so I've been cut off from SpeakFreely until I can set up a VPN to the outside or something else. I tried using SSH port forwarding, but that didn't work so now I'm going to try a pptp connection to a friends box to get a clear shot out the firewall. I just have to wait for him to set up his machine to do it. Thanks again and I'm sure that after I've learned a little more about how the kernel is put together, I'll probably be able to be of some help to you. Chris