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From: Ravi Kerur <rkerur@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:57:07 +0000
Subject: Re: TODO list
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On 4/9/2015 1:48 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 05:36:01PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/7/2015 12:49 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>> On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:40:35PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote:
>>>> Team,
>>>>
>>>> I am planning to take up following items from TODO list. If it's already picked please let me know. 
>>>>
>>>> * pci_set_dma_mask() and friends should use DMA_BIT_MASK(nn) instead of
>>>>
>>>> DMA_nnBIT_MASK or 0xffff... This is not 2.4 compatible, so beware of drivers with same code. [D: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t8001993000001] Don't forget to #include dma-mapping.h
>>>>
>>>> * check kmallocs for things like GFP_DMA without a memtype. 
>>>>
>>>
>>> The TODO is desperately out of date.  No one cares about 2.4 at all.
>>> These days we don't really allow drivers to have backwards compatability
>>> code so they compile on old kernels.  That stuff has to be stored out of
>>> the main kernel tree.  We also have the compat-wireless and other
>>> similar ways of backporting drivers.
>>
>> Thanks Dan. Do you recommend anything else for contribution? I am not a
>> newbie to kernel but never contributed to kernel before so any inputs
>> appreciated.
> 
> There is always stuff to fix in staging.  It's at all levels of
> difficulty.

Can you please point me to the link or anything which lists what needs to be done. I can pick some of it.

Thanks,
Ravi

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>