From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hanumant Singh Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:12:58 +0000 Subject: HOW TO Message-Id: <469C179A.9000000@buffalo.edu> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Hi guys , I am a kernel newbie but I wanted to try and write a few simple patches. Can anybody give me a little HOW TO. For eg, Certain functions need theri error code modified , so how do i go about finding that function in the kerenl source tree, and also how do i write a patch , i mean is there a technique or a format that has to be followed?