From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759044Ab0EYT6L (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 15:58:11 -0400 Received: from rcsinet10.oracle.com ([148.87.113.121]:44024 "EHLO rcsinet10.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758317Ab0EYT6J (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2010 15:58:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:54 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: "zhanglx" Cc: "Neil Brown" , "Nick W" , Subject: Re: The Future of the Linux Kernel Message-Id: <20100525125354.60f8a88c.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <01a101cafbdd$6fa10c10$3701a8c0@wxintech.com> References: <20100525165152.1ecfadd4@notabene.brown> <017601cafbd9$30924dd0$3701a8c0@wxintech.com> <20100525172218.79e3d325@notabene.brown> <01a101cafbdd$6fa10c10$3701a8c0@wxintech.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.6; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-Source-IP: acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090206.4BFC2AF1.00B3:SCFMA922111,ss=1,pt=113351,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 25 May 2010 15:39:40 +0800 zhanglx wrote: > I will not say interest or no interest on Linux kernel. I just want to know how it runs on earth because a lot of talent people working on it. :) > > I do not know how to submit patches. Is it processed by GIT tool? It can be processed by git, but that is not required. The Documentation/ subdirectory in the kernel tree contains these files that should help you: SubmittingPatches SubmittingDrivers SubmitChecklist > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil Brown" > To: "zhanglx" > Cc: "Nick W" ; > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: The Future of the Linux Kernel > > > > On Tue, 25 May 2010 15:09:17 +0800 > > "zhanglx" wrote: > > > >> Good answer, the future is determined by now. > >> But the kernel is very complex. It's too difficult for beginners. :( > > > > We were all beginners once! > > Yes, the kernel is much more complex than it once was, so understanding a > > whole subsystem is a more daunting task than it once was. But there is still > > room to start. www.kernelnewbies.org/ is supposed to be a good place to > > start. > > > > We all learn to read before we can write. I recommend the same with the > > kernel. Read lots of code, improve the documentation as you go, submit > > little patches for little bugs that you find, get interested, build courage, > > see where you end up. > > > > NeilBrown > > > > > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Neil Brown" > >> To: "Nick W" > >> Cc: > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:51 PM > >> Subject: Re: The Future of the Linux Kernel > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, 25 May 2010 18:34:36 +1200 > >> > Nick W wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi guys I am new to the LKML so Hi! Anyway I think the Linux Kernel is > >> >> great! (Love C development on anything what so ever!) But what do you > >> >> think the future of it is? Please can you guys have a think and we can > >> >> decide! > >> > > >> > Yes said that already... if you are going to say it again at least you could > >> > try saying it differently. > >> > > >> > We don't plan and decide the future. We create possible small steps > >> > into the future and see if they survive testing and peer-review. The future > >> > we end up with is simple the sum of lots of these small steps. > >> > > >> > What would *you* like the future to be? Please answer in the form of a patch. > >> > > >> > NeilBrown > >> > -- > >> > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > >> > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >> > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >> > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***