Re: Queries of an aspiring kernel developer

Rohit Sarkar
2019-09-13T14:31:35Z

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