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=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 946E4C432C1 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 08:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61EF020673 for ; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 08:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="NJcpkrKl" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2634043AbfIYISn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:18:43 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-f180.google.com ([209.85.210.180]:36254 "EHLO mail-pf1-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2634040AbfIYISn (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:18:43 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-f180.google.com with SMTP id y22so2944319pfr.3; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:18:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :user-agent; bh=MBIv4exBMsbFSU5ZS4hQ7aZv5Y8krcLJtoEmNe+3N4A=; b=NJcpkrKl3GW6YHN9/inzdAa5eQvIAG4CgUP37EjpPaxhz/NWcnjzqhxcPXB2lHoqVN 7KEzy7w8+WYf8jobfIXPiewuppcLUjHBm6rWtb8u3abR/sPacZLIdrxKAGti0C82NqvA zebEGOT7W6tmw863P75ccsQgwQMR5tt+VQbjtC3b5+qoOt+2HpCVVl0v99MtLliYWpg9 70wfP0J+Nd5oTec7dKzTsnvfXODIviXd25SXABfrVRXGFilBLtR/aOT1DPjm3PGczStv 23feoeCzP4Dba5qAE4tBuZbgWk6mNMw4Q2bBlizjb65YCfIXr29nbS+qlJ5g9UWWty9y gEpw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:user-agent; bh=MBIv4exBMsbFSU5ZS4hQ7aZv5Y8krcLJtoEmNe+3N4A=; b=YFCgiI33xxNX4JbPGi1+pmYky93xVipc8oG26OuZRkNcJEVPJCNcvx8q8vJduHnIUJ fu/K16x1duaafO6sn7MhY/Tf6qjGRdITwOmPR0QfE2dY2fiDDvcAoc5Yc2gzxBXVKgwR hpuuhJGMyIxdqWrfdqBkjyrY55m9Sd8VA4KwZPsa1LwKIpyEL5ZfM+VvYXonh0gnSdVs YPXNYghvpHCQ85BdnC9F/KC8qehmQ/Lr91eUWrdWRJ7uyJiB+WrH8vOPmjuVh6BIQBL7 QBnOySPxJvEuAXADTaHi2GVNyLHwQlLgRLyRvHlk856qpvEcrVs1j1YbgNdkiuERt/DU rUGg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXC8OGLEONSKezeH8rosMDAHK0pepLkgHMTdYNHDdgKkIZ6gp0v 6FBrCT7lDQzSFAOnVuIJh84= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxDsuIHmJIhwyamewaH/a7m0g1m8Ql6oJRGy8hWgRKodPlhvFNhT3klu7XG9iBpAh9VFAPGFg== X-Received: by 2002:a63:d909:: with SMTP id r9mr7522331pgg.381.1569399522114; Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:18:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SARKAR ([1.186.12.91]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q132sm4877466pfq.16.2019.09.25.01.18.40 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:18:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:48:37 +0530 From: Rohit Sarkar To: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org, driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org Subject: Hardware prerequisites for driver development Message-ID: <20190925081836.GA22717@SARKAR> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org Hi, This is probably a real rookie question. I have been interested in contributing to the driver subsystems such as iio. I have submitted some minor patches but nothing substantial. I feel that I need some hardware to be able to contribute more. What hardware would I need to get started? Where would I get this from? Thanks, Rohit