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From: "Espen Fjellvær Olsen" <eldiablo@svorka.net>
To: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
Cc: linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6] Module writing?
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:16:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40F42715.9010705@svorka.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040713174403.GA17868@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com>

Robin Holt wrote:

 >What are you specifically thinking of doing?  Is there a part of the
 >kernel you are specfically interested in?  I might be able to point
 >you at some projects that could use some help.  They presume that
 >the person doing the work has some experience in programming.  The
 >kernel pieces are fairly well hammered on by many experience kernel
 >programmers, but alot of the drivers need some attention.
 >
 >If I were you, I think I would try to find a set of drivers that
 >has not been getting updated recently and look to contribute to the
 >cleanup effort in those drivers.
 >
 >Good Luck,
 >Robin Holt
 >
 >On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:29:29PM +0200, Espen Fjellvær Olsen wrote:
 >

> I have started to write some kernel modules for fun now, but they are a
> bit empty :)
> it's just some printk's and some other simple things.
>
> I wonder if there are any good howtoes out on the Net somewhere, I've
> read a bit on: http://tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg, but I'm afraid it's a bit
> outdated(?)
>
> I'm only doing this for fun(at this time, maybe it becomes serious
> when i become a bit older;) ) so i don't want to spend any
> money on a book, or on an course.
>
>
> Best regards
> Espen Fjellvfær Olsen
> eldiablo@svorka.net
> Norway
>
>
>
>
I'm new to all this with kernel hacking, so writing any drivers would be 
quite difficult for me i think.
I'm just trying to learn where to start, and what to start with, I'm not 
a guru in C, but I'm learning ;)
But if anyone have a driver which need some looking after I could gladly 
look at the TODO or something :)


      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-07-13 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-13 16:29 [2.6] Module writing? Espen Fjellvær Olsen
2004-07-13 16:44 ` Espen Fjellvær Olsen
     [not found] ` <20040713174403.GA17868@lnx-holt.americas.sgi.com>
2004-07-13 18:16   ` Espen Fjellvær Olsen [this message]

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