[OSUNIX-dev] OSUNIX plans for May

[max at bruningsystems.com]

Hi Piotr,

Piotr Jasiukajtis wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:37 PM, C. <codestr0m at osunix.org> wrote:
>   
>> We should also be able to arrange 1-2 more free trainings in the month of
>> May.  Both are yet confirmed, but will probably be OpenSolaris development
>> and Perl related.  (Mostly to show off how our enlighted perl web stack and
>> *very* fast perl for OSUNIX)  Based on
>> http://www.osunix.org/poll.jspa?poll=1000 I'll also try to arrange a dtrace
>> training session, but not sure should is willing/knowledgeable enough for
>> this.
>>     
> What about networking internals and python? :)
>   
I occasionally teach a 5 day course on Solaris network internals.  I 
think a 1 day
course on this would either have to be at a very high level, or have to 
concentrate
on a specific area.

Here are some ideas:

    - Examination of an existing, gldv3-based network driver.
    - TCP/IP fireengine stack
    - Crossbow implementation
    - TCP/IP 3-way handshake implementation

Out of these, I have not spent much time with Crossbow implementation, 
so it would be
nice to learn this (speaking for myself).  For developers, probably the 
examination
of an existing driver would be most useful.  The TCP/IP fireengine stack 
would cover
how TCP/IP is implemented, and how the implementation differs from 
previous versions
of Solaris.  The TCP/IP 3 way handshake stuff would be largely a 
dtrace/mdb/snoop
examination of what happens during connection establishment.

I won't be able to do any of this until mid to late May.

Of course, if anyone else wants to tackle any of these, or has other 
ideas, please feel free!

max