From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261990AbULCE7k (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:59:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261969AbULCE7j (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:59:39 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:12771 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261990AbULCE7P (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:59:15 -0500 Message-ID: <41AFF1D8.5000104@osdl.org> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:55:52 -0800 From: "Randy.Dunlap" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (X11/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ram mohan CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Contribute - How to References: <20041203043932.57460.qmail@web90004.mail.scd.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20041203043932.57460.qmail@web90004.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. Maybe someone else has some suggestions on that. For Linux networking patches and discussion, please use the "netdev" mailing list: netdev@oss.sgi.com You can subscribe to it at: http://oss.sgi.com/ecartis and the netdev archives are at: http://oss.sgi.com/projects/netdev/archive/ > --- "Randy.Dunlap" 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 -- ~Randy