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Navigate the Linux Kernel Like Google Maps

Posted by timothy on from the where's-my-house dept.

MakeLinux writes with a link to a cool interactive map of the kernel: "A picture is worth a thousand words. Just try it, and navigate the Linux kernel like Google Maps."

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  1. Just like Google maps... by imsabbel · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If google maps would just allow you to zoom in enough to let russia fill the screen.

    Seriously, anybody else expecting, well, MORE with that headline? Like a complete mapping of function calls, or something?

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    1. Re:Just like Google maps... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      At the very least I was expecting to be able to drill down into the different aspects of the kernel. Instead all we got is a zoomable picture. Big whoop.

  2. This doesn't remind me of Google Maps by jeffmeden · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This reminds me of Google Moon, neat but ultimately totally useless. Wake me up when there is a kernel map with 2 or 3 orders of magnitude navigable from one interface. If I wanted a list of all the components of the kernel, and hyperlinks to the code, I have plenty of more useful places to look.

  3. Re:Makes you wonder by linhares · · Score: 4, Funny

    Makes you wonder what a windows xp or vista kernel map would look like?

    You mean like this?

  4. Re:deja vous ? by gomiam · · Score: 5, Informative

    To be really, really pedantic, it can show them: déjà vu. Don't underestimate the power of HTML entities ;)

  5. Re:deja vous ? by telchine · · Score: 5, Funny

    The site's working fine for me

    Hmm, it's not working for me. It just says "Loading. Please wait ...", are you sure this isn't a map of the Vista kernel?

  6. Re:deja vous ? by Tarlus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you meant, touché.

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