From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C951E34D934 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:07:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.13 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763651240; cv=none; b=Lk0T3bfQtgN+Rj4Sqy8qxcb6Tcb0sBVK2JW7tS6RGxBjadrvBV3sdfVDNozpREyAXI+VS5ETpoL+PM2Zb9Fi01HJBJBC8o0Qhyk68vhA59l6nVX90oPq74LobPmuECxC6vfXETvriytw1TJ5klpY6epfjeQtwVAnOycIntfEJIs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763651240; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1bWlZJsYohIFTNUpNYNhevZ13fi4R2sorKkXYA7iT+s=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=jwuUbcj1Q9VgwgrB/tg06fpo9X6q+qt9gpqbzzUS7jpcaemlk1uKqYKglZN5fvfWQEhtch1D4Xtba9bL/D/I+ro/azw6rfK4DaiYJPy0Jc4IlZ1m3FQH4sAa+HwJCvLJ1Npw3cd+61H0HPI+FMaUm9yh/jtVhiUqqVrmq6YA2uw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=SVKcg44u; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.13 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="SVKcg44u" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1763651239; x=1795187239; h=message-id:date:mime-version:subject:to:references:from: in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1bWlZJsYohIFTNUpNYNhevZ13fi4R2sorKkXYA7iT+s=; b=SVKcg44uOkVStDTBgfwuJ3yXVS7KfNyu3A0j4OP0yB0G7Eaa2EDLnF6d 8PwRQJfg8d0V9CjdlH3X7mtpG43E9IRGx9uz1KIvjoN5kZI657d56u0q4 Jh7gTEfvlq2nzIp4mri4vqy5aEyWQucLv448iTRG4v9ECpQucSTurw0gf RJyOL3vvRIaKq6hV2Ka8M3Q75HjZsIqhPcBS2Me7QiYexTpQHJGxX6OXm A7zlBAWeiNgBwQiS+bQP8a3vRcwsI/wjHTQBVo+3p8GiLlqdmKpoSHNja nazrpE0IsRB69NO950MufoiA1itIWYs1UsTSB8TAMwoCj/PRgvjFCb8lU Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: QfX7hDP/St6gkzKDSYp37w== X-CSE-MsgGUID: R7MCYjaeTCm71YpfzQv2lA== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11619"; a="68329026" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.20,213,1758610800"; d="scan'208";a="68329026" Received: from orviesa004.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.144]) by fmvoesa107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Nov 2025 07:07:18 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: XX7p6iXzQQOIP29BUb4Hzw== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 3Oj9RXTERU6inJnwsHsX5g== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.20,213,1758610800"; d="scan'208";a="195861947" Received: from aschende-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.125.109.233]) ([10.125.109.233]) by orviesa004-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Nov 2025 07:07:17 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:07:16 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Interest in contributing to the CXL community To: Arvind Nanjundaswamy , linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org References: From: Dave Jiang Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11/20/25 5:04 AM, Arvind Nanjundaswamy wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm Aravind, ex-HP-UX kernel developer and have worked in virtual > memory solutions during 2002 - 2010. I have a decent understanding of > system architecture and its programming aspects related to VM. I have > worked on ccNUMA extensions, memory Online/offline solutions and > enabling largepage support. > > I have ventured elsewhere since 2010 and want to get back to VM > development, especially about CXL implications on VM operations. > > I'm open to taking up small beginner-friendly patches since this is my > first time contributing to the community. I'm looking for mentors who > can help me through the process. > > Kindly help. > > Thank you, > Aravind Nanjundaswamy > You should just start contributing on topics of interest and we can go from there. Also take a look at the maturity map [1] and see what areas need work. And if you are new to Linux patch submission, please take a look at this [2] doc. [1]: https://docs.kernel.org/driver-api/cxl/maturity-map.html [2]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.17/process/submitting-patches.html