Re: Contribute - How to

[Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com>]

On Fri December 3 2004 8:39 am, ram mohan wrote:
> I am interested to work in the following areas:
> 1. embedded systems
> 2. networking
>
> I was wondering how can I contribute in embedded
> without actual hardware.

Well, to contribute you should have the hardware and or the documentation, 
depend on what you would like to contribute. You can work on with an initrd, 
if you are looking at embedded development on the x86 platform.

Even a retarded old PC can be considered as a development platform for x86 
embedded development.

Manu
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
> > ram mohan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am willing to contribute to the development of
> >
> > Linux
> >
> > > kernel. I googled a bit and found that I should
> >
> > join
> >
> > > the list and then I can go ahead.
> > >
> > > I would like to know.
> > > 1. What are the features currently being worked
> >
> > upon?
> > It's all over the map:
> > Large-systems performance & scalability.
> > Embedded.  Desktop issues.
> > Journaling + extents-based filesystems.
> > Drivers (new development in Infiniband and iscsi).
> > VM fixes.  Processor scheduling improvements.
> > IO scheduler improvements.
> > Fixing bugs.  :)
> >
> > > 2. Are there any things-to-do lists maintained?
> >
> > There are by some projects, others are more informal
> > and
> > just discuss TODO on a mailing list.
> >
> > > 3. How are new features selected?
> >
> > a. scratch your favorite itch
> > or
> > b. what someone pays for
> >
> > What do you want to work on?
> >
> > > 4. Can I suggest new features?
> >
> > Of course.  But part of the Linux culture is that
> > ideas/suggestions don't carry much weight.  It's
> > sometimes phrased as:
> >    Shut up and code.
> > or
> >    Show us the code.
> > so send patches too.  :)
> >
> > --
> > ~Randy
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