From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3963CC433FE for ; Wed, 9 Nov 2022 06:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229660AbiKIGlN (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2022 01:41:13 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:44934 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229550AbiKIGlK (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Nov 2022 01:41:10 -0500 Received: from msg-2.mailo.com (msg-2.mailo.com [213.182.54.12]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D24C615733; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 22:41:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mailo.com; s=mailo; t=1667976048; bh=s2xnc8dtE9RdQHld1qiAbNnZOdtNe2s+3N0KAhbpfss=; h=X-EA-Auth:Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=ndkZyXusVJy9VW0jXi8vkuuV13fsCt/56qU728chMOc2JpCE9kTefADbxnUar/XZm 57OMxk53j5ZQRPy0AU3esFAWUQt9a6H3neQoMExVrjFBs7oy9uf/3PvLMLckzXPBP6 onkglGt2BakIfxgSo1wNSLgj/CmT09/K+yQFVt6k= Received: by b-5.in.mailobj.net [192.168.90.15] with ESMTP via ip-206.mailobj.net [213.182.55.206] Wed, 9 Nov 2022 07:40:48 +0100 (CET) X-EA-Auth: F61TFAW5EIxTOLGMc0AqWx1vFt0VZ8WWn5l9nu0xUmZiOFCbHY9NJ+7ODh/iOVr28E2+bZFRA3PVvl3YE6fgdY81AlgJbShA Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:10:37 +0530 From: Deepak R Varma To: Andrew Lunn Cc: Dan Carpenter , Neil Armstrong , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Kevin Hilman , Jerome Brunet , Martin Blumenstingl , linux-media@vger.kernel.org, linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: patches for staging:media drivers Message-ID: References: <48f4bda9-b5e3-9649-aab9-b529889bf110@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 09:27:32PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 11:10:21AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > I cannot say anything about the media subsystem, but for networking > patches, i will be much more willing to help somebody going from > Outreach to being a full kernel developers if they decide to take on > something more than just some Coccinelle changes. If it looks like you > have the hardware and want to make it better, have a vision where the > driver should go, then you are likely to get more help from me. So if > media drivers are what you interested in, go buy some hardware which > uses one of the drivers in staging, look at the TODO file, and submit > bigger patches than just -1 to -ENOMEM. Hello Andrew, Thank you so much for your kind advice and willingness to help a newbie become a valued kernel developer. I am committed to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to contribute more than current cleanup and minor correction patches. I am sure that the upcoming Coccinelle based project work [if I am shortlisted] will be much more complex and meaningful. I will explore the staging directory to identify a hardware I can afford. I would welcome suggestion on a driver that is not much expensive and complex to start with. Anything for the networking subsystem??? Thank you once again! ./drv > > Andrew >