Ike Notes on BSDCan 2005
by Isaac Levy

I had the pleasure of attending Greg Lehey's 'Kernel Debugging Workshop', which happened on the Wednesday preceding the regular conference schedule- and it was great. I live in user-space for most of my development work and hacking life, so it was a real eye-opener to dive into the Kernel for an entire day... a lot of heavy information to take in all at once :) One of the most striking things about this lecture was that Greg uses Firewire for debugging, insomuch as firewire PCI cards are cheaper than serial, and MUCH faster. Firewire gives direct access to system memory, so it's great for debugging. Mr. Lehey's 'most correct' lecture notes are available online, and are currently the most definitive documentation available on debugging BSD kernels: Read More

BSDCan 2005 Photos
by Diane Bruce

Photos taken at BSDCan 2005. Includes pictures of Kris Kenneway, Michael Lucas, David Maxwell, Dan Langille, Greg Lehey, Kirk McKusick, Dru Lavigne and many others. Read More

FreeBSD Developer Summit Pictures
by Kirk McKusick

Pictures taken at the FreeBSD Developer Summit which occurred just prior to the BSDCan 2005 Conference. These pictures were taken by Marshall Kirk McKusick and include most of the FreeBSD developer team. Read More

More BSDCan 2005 Photos
by Robert Bernier

Even more photos of the BSDCan 2005 Conference in Ottawa, Ontario Canada. These pictures were taken by Robert Bernier and republished here by permission. Includes photos of Dan Langille, Tom Rhodes, all the authors from the book signing and many more. All photos have good captions. Read More