From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51CA2C4338F for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:01:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDD40610FF for ; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:01:05 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 mail.kernel.org CDD40610FF Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmx.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mH9l1-00019y-Oh; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:00:47 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1mH5m6-0008RP-53 for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:45:38 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1629470733; bh=n4X6DJOEqFwEFWpjfOg65FUzEilPXcYTNaRllmu5jVU=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject; b=idfM1A6NKdXmsvnI2W3oiGiEPVveAGs6nSxtGKjir7ums3mHn52crhIQ55AIwFnwi 4CFCsAngLMp1CLgAs//IVxPkMZTflSy4XHkv4wDywJxz/moPFlAV+VcbtLx05oAt/2 vOPUZQud/9StHeRbgXdjc/8lpAyqSBwlEMq/4GxE= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from titan ([79.150.72.99]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx105 [212.227.17.174]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MI5QF-1mJct82dF9-00F9vN; Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:45:33 +0200 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:45:15 +0200 From: Len Baker To: Greg KH Subject: Contributing to drivers/staging area Message-ID: <20210820144515.GA5479@titan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:QhWN7jIhqC2aeTk5nWuLmHyS2pZv/McCiP4y0+OQaSj/UqM/k2h S/1WfoD24D/81q22LRC147nVYVpbTjT9A2uuLnfvRhYVV3eU8+u8kh/BwCRbK2hydLDxCyN tRt9hM5v3AVSvlMPSE9C9p6jlhT9lmcyKDQLRVDa6r27ZwSH+3av3ywnS4IlxiEw9KwfKWp ycLanZ6Q42wpSyS08oxsQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:qcbXpxToF8k=:C9lhMGN9JtPeQtZat2FD98 A7XWyh19a+tyD6ZNTcWXldIcE4wBkypLo0TvAvABkZEJqx5UDz3NdaDUqr7BDIo6nB0+LLVXt vVAiFrlF27Ct58fjNFE4L8rXv2Ysw3aCHbBNiKHPyQTKI+csxR7Oj0+BcPMsUicUmXn6iEznf wNv/PYF+9eD6XKA5yk3o7EYNcAgOqXR81T/Gjc4ET1V/2568ZGDftENKzJz4egAEmL+SZ7JYa GuLPGS0bZ6m3WDTUGpSvAqZW+R/jFh26qQAjYODrtnn1x0zqGB+9l/8uVArFvxwIERMBoKLMQ u2EEFolKre71dsWlcMnZqcCENcgaIiOoeRbozdNvrwudtPRuBhlIVdoeOYFN1H3Vnl9pBOLcC /ogoDa9uNINvSVG/f8EX3zsRTlha+B0SDhexgmvxlq3+/RUO1qZ7a4EsKVhArhOWFWNhaiqO7 e5gGSvNJX0U4advtGJ16Q9q8gKy/KYuYNJdvnyttNZW3ciRCiVX+j+cxSA7dZo+2c7mPA77gv FCYXmyNRkwTxycsxFHWLVt3nMccJqI3wN8OJeQ9PaP1qXyfUKBMC7Q0ba+H4zyXSkL9ezNfpV EhkAZzbdTk/6WfibvUMLJDkDe7C3CdC/vxVqMqqH0SQcWNLAPpm7pck+X6lhu7GA2OjWrDoOU 1U+Oz+TO/fVWRvG8TbRY+R5/MWKvMAW0w0dBKL1qcagzhrPJx2tpwBLH+znNZY2+WeRy5eqoH EgA6Nb/0BAMu1x29qUk37SQJMUvO7cy/SD90IEsOKdL25b4CpoYJtYfff7ydBgltK4UdDKpmF j463bD7djUiHJjL8dAaqJ2x6yR5CPpBAxQhhoMwE9zYg7No/qHENju3VAcmQiUu+5EpYKciI7 n0wjWLNexgNmy4JtVLj8DllJo8zX2wvPi2ZN/xNz1jpLrj/XjmXeOAcKHoC3fq7kIfpqEWbMN zqEy6b5q6zyARTRkHp4GlKSWol/g9K0JLD90PWylTBgQmGYDgwr0gnrK6ec7vuk9pYkmg4UkA J82JCHGVfCzGp8/N2jqr7lG2JVPezCWDqOtrI8RDhnJZpjNczBcJh+t8OIT8zIi3YwHp+aM2Z EsvOorG4Ya8n9D5T5o0wuQZN+o/E1wQDRjOSLQREVLeMZjEwK9NDpu/UQ== X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:00:45 -0400 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Hi Greg, I am a kernel newbie in the path to find an area where to contribute on. I have sent some patches before (simple ones) but I would like to find some driver to contribute on and if possible mantain in the future. Due to the big amount of drivers in staging, and my lack of experience and specific hardware: Are there any driver in the staging area that not requires specific hardware? I have only access to an old laptop with 4 processors: vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 37 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Can I find a driver to contribute on with my machine requirements? If yes, any advise to select one would be greatly appreciated. I would like to improve the driver until get it out from staging ;) And then maintain it. Another option for me if there are no drivers would be create one from zero. But I don't have any idea of useful driver. Any advise and ideas here would be also great appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Len _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies