* Re: Queries of an aspiring kernel developer [not found] ` <20190913132310.GQ20699@kadam> @ 2019-09-13 14:31 ` Rohit Sarkar 2019-09-13 14:24 ` Julia Lawall 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Rohit Sarkar @ 2019-09-13 14:31 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Dan Carpenter; +Cc: kernel-janitors, kernelnewbies On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 04:23:10PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 07:55:17PM +0530, Rohit Sarkar wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > First things first, I know that sending private emails is frowned upon > > but I was unsure if this would belong in the list. > > This does belong on the list. Especially the kernel-janitor list. Added kernel-janitors and kernel-newbies to the thread. > > Secondly I will keep > > this as short as possible. (I know you are lazy :) ) > > > > I have been interested in kernel development for a long time and want to > > contribute to the community while learning and having fun. > > Till now I have sent some minor patches: > > [1]: Fixes typo > > [2]: Checkpatch fix > > [3]: Replaces snprintf with scnprintf > > > > I now would like to work on something that is not too trivial (like a > > typo/checkpatch fix) and not too complex. I am finding it difficult to > > come up with something substantial to work on. > > The various intern project probably have ideas. Julia Lawall may know. > Sure, will get in touch with her. > > It would really help me if you could point me in a direction where I could > > focus my efforts on. > > What I always tell people is to pick a small driver from staging. The > iio drivers are pretty small. Just try to fix it as much as possible. > Read it and re-read it and patch it and patch it. As you go you will > learn more until you are the expert of that driver. Try to get it > moved out of staging. This sounds nice. Would this require any external hardware for testing? > regards, > dan carpenter Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. Regards, Rohit Sarkar ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Queries of an aspiring kernel developer 2019-09-13 14:31 ` Queries of an aspiring kernel developer Rohit Sarkar @ 2019-09-13 14:24 ` Julia Lawall 2019-09-13 14:41 ` Rohit Sarkar 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Julia Lawall @ 2019-09-13 14:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Rohit Sarkar; +Cc: kernel-janitors, Dan Carpenter, kernelnewbies On Fri, 13 Sep 2019, Rohit Sarkar wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 04:23:10PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 07:55:17PM +0530, Rohit Sarkar wrote: > > > Hi Dan, > > > First things first, I know that sending private emails is frowned upon > > > but I was unsure if this would belong in the list. > > > > This does belong on the list. Especially the kernel-janitor list. > > Added kernel-janitors and kernel-newbies to the thread. > > > Secondly I will keep > > > this as short as possible. (I know you are lazy :) ) > > > > > > I have been interested in kernel development for a long time and want to > > > contribute to the community while learning and having fun. > > > Till now I have sent some minor patches: > > > [1]: Fixes typo > > > [2]: Checkpatch fix > > > [3]: Replaces snprintf with scnprintf > > > > > > I now would like to work on something that is not too trivial (like a > > > typo/checkpatch fix) and not too complex. I am finding it difficult to > > > come up with something substantial to work on. > > > > The various intern project probably have ideas. Julia Lawall may know. > > > Sure, will get in touch with her. > > > > It would really help me if you could point me in a direction where I could > > > focus my efforts on. > > > > What I always tell people is to pick a small driver from staging. The > > iio drivers are pretty small. Just try to fix it as much as possible. > > Read it and re-read it and patch it and patch it. As you go you will > > learn more until you are the expert of that driver. Try to get it > > moved out of staging. > > This sounds nice. Would this require any external hardware for testing? > > regards, > > dan carpenter > Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. Dan's suggestions are fine. You may want to take a fairly recent driver from staging (to check using git log) to be sure that the work has not already been done by others. julia ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Queries of an aspiring kernel developer 2019-09-13 14:24 ` Julia Lawall @ 2019-09-13 14:41 ` Rohit Sarkar 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Rohit Sarkar @ 2019-09-13 14:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Julia Lawall; +Cc: kernel-janitors, Dan Carpenter, kernelnewbies On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 04:24:37PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > Dan's suggestions are fine. You may want to take a fairly recent driver > from staging (to check using git log) to be sure that the work has not > already been done by others. > > julia Sure, thanks julia. regards, Rohit ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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