Re: [Updated v3]: How to become a kernel driver maintainer

Jan Engelhardt
2006-06-05T10:27:50Z

>With the large amount of hardware available for Linux, it's becoming
>
I do not know about LK customs, but in school we were always forced to write
truncations out ("it is" rather than "it's").

>Some even see it as giving up control of their code. This is simply not the
>case, and the end result is always beneficial to users and developers alike.
>
Frankly, they have to give up their coding style. A common style
throughout the kernel is reasonable, though. But in some aspects
it really gets nitpicky (spaces vs tabs to name one).

>The code review process is there for two reasons. First, it ensures that
>only good code, that follows current API's and coding practices, gets into

Should read: "that follows current APIs"

>locking issues as well as big-endian/little-endian and 64-bit portability.

Suggestion: "as well as endianness and ..."

Jan Engelhardt
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