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From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Selecting a Linux Kernel Bug
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:25:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140319162506.GA18278@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADi-0_NSVKK3gyNOBXV1U1NfZnk2qH7o4AzWkUWfvXd43cfazA@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 09:48:13PM +0530, Ashwin Jha wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am a first year graduate student at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata,
> India. I have to do a small OS assignment. As I always wanted to contribute to
> Linux, I am thinking of working on a Linux kernel bug or a new feature as part
> of my assignment.
> 
> I have never worked on Linux kernel before. So, I need some help for selecting
> a bug or a feature that can be resolved in a month's time. The time period is
> not strict but desired. What I really want is a problem that will help me in
> building a good understanding of Linux kernel.

How about looking at drivers/staging/*/TODO ?  There's lots of things
there that need cleanups and help.

Good luck,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-19 16:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-19 16:18 Selecting a Linux Kernel Bug Ashwin Jha
2014-03-19 16:25 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-03-24  6:16   ` sanjeev sharma
2014-03-24  6:27     ` Madper Xie
2014-03-24  6:52       ` sanjeev sharma
2014-03-24 13:23         ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2014-03-26  3:10           ` Greg Freemyer

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