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Re: [Qemu-devel] How to get started with the source code of Qemu?
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Peter Crosthwaite |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] How to get started with the source code of Qemu? |
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Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:08:14 -0700 |
On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Aaron Elkins <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I am new to Qemu, and I’m extremely interested in understanding how the
> source code of Qemu work. But after
> I downloaded the whole project, I just lost in it, the project is too large
> for me to get started.
>
It does a lot, what is your use case? Very few people have an
understanding of the entire code base. Someone might be able to point
you in a specific direction if you give more.
> If anyone here can point me to some useful document or some guides, to make
> me get started in understanding
> the source code?
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> What knowledge are required to understand the source code?
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C coding. Git. Computer hardware architecture.
Regards,
Peter
> BTW, i know this project is not that simple to understand, but I would like
> to try, even I need to know a lot
> of other knowledge before that, but at least let me get started.
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> Thanks
>
> -Aaron
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