2.11BSD source code browser and xref - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

27 Mar 2007

Ethan Dicks ethan.dicks at gmail.com wrote:
...
 > Hope you enjoy it. Comments, suggestion ect are
very welcome. 
...
  I had one tiny suggestion from what I browsed - when
parsing out the
 callers of functions, it might look nicer to not point out that
 'main()' is never called, since, technically, it _is_ called by the
 startup code stuck on a binary by the compiler, and since it's defacto
 entry-point into the code anyway. 
Good point, _main deserves indeed extra treatment. The startup code
is by the way in

http://www-linux.gsi.de/~mueller/test/211bsd/usr/src/lib/libc/pdp/csu/crt0.…

with the call to _main in line 124.

...
  That's about all I can come up with except to wish
that when the tool
 is in better shape that someone has the time to run 2.9BSD sources
 through the same treatment (2.9BSD still runs on non-Split-I&D
 machines like those equipped with an F-11 chip - 11/23, 11/24,
 Pro350).

 -ethan 
This is indeed the intention. The rules to locate include files,
to link globals, or to decide what is kernel, lib, or user, is in
a configuration file. To set this up for 2.9 BSD or UNIX V7 and V6
should not be difficult, in particular if one starts with the more
complex case and goes back in history.

		With best regards,	Walter

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