[KJ] Need to get some very basic things sorted out

[Dinolinux <slackfan@users.sourceforge.net>]

Hey!

If you noted my last message and thougt that it was very noob, don't
count on any more advancement here. ;-)

The thing is that I need help to get started. I'm in the process of
learning C and I need to know how the kernel patching and distribution
works.

1 - I've looked into the kernel-janitor TODO list and I don't exactly
understand lines like this:
/Audit return codes (and handle failure correctly) for: /(What does
this mean???)/
- request_region() /(This one was tricky)/
/Where do I have to look for the code? Do I have to go to the _entire_
kernel tree?

2 - How do I start writing patches? This doesn't tell me much:
/Before attacking any of these, we suggest sending a few patches in
advance to see if you are doing something wrong, or if someone else
is already doing same work.
Read related threads in the mailing list archive.
/Which patches? Where do I find a TODO list of patches that need to be
done? The lkml mailing list don't say me much.

I hope this wasn't _too_ noob :-)

    Dinolinux


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