The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:33:00 +0100
> <6101727.yYhjCy8rYL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I have never seen this before, so I thought it was worth a mention. Linux
>> Kernel 2.6.8.1 is shown disgramatically. You can zoom in/out to see how
>> properly structured (yet vast) it is.
>>
>> http://lug.oregonstate.edu/projects/kernelmap/map.php
>
> An interesting diagram, if a little useless. :-)
A litte useless? It looks like something from Seymour Papert. I was all
excited there for a minute as I'm in the process of learning some
sections of the kernel and how it works.
>
> The code was apparently graphed using the Free Code
And not very well.
> Graphing Project, at http://fcgp.sourceforge.net/ .
> Whether it can be adapted or not to other languages --
> or even other software projects -- is not clear.
>
>>
>> Better integrity than that of the Windows kernel.
>>
>> http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/Magazines/images/213rats2.jpg
>
> Now you're being silly. :-) I'll admit to wondering
> whether one could disassemble the modules of the Windows
> kernel or lower layers (and how legal that would be) and
> produce a similar diagram.
There are heaps of better graphics SW for mapping C in windows. I'm surprised
that there is nothing better for Linux.
>
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