request for guidence

request for guidence

[ShiHao]

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is good. I am writing this letter to ask forsome guidance
on GSoC. I wanted some help regarding proposal since the application
period has began i wanted to ask whether to submit my prepared proposal
or not and wait for review by mentors first because the proposal template
is a bit different from google's suggested template that is why i have
some confusions. If anyone has some time to review my drafted proposal i
would be very thankful. Any help would be deeply appreciated

Thanks and regards
 Shi hao

Re: request for guidence

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 18/03/2026 13:32, ShiHao wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I hope everyone is good. I am writing this letter to ask forsome guidance
> on GSoC. I wanted some help regarding proposal since the application
> period has began i wanted to ask whether to submit my prepared proposal
> or not and wait for review by mentors first because the proposal template
> is a bit different from google's suggested template that is why i have
> some confusions. If anyone has some time to review my drafted proposal i
> would be very thankful. Any help would be deeply appreciated

Hey,

None of the people you Cc-ed here is involved in GSoC. You reached Linux
kernel community, which has nothing to do with GSoC. I suggest
contacting GSoC through whatever contact form the provided you on the
application.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

Re: request for guidence

[ShiHao]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 01:53:25PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
 
> Hey,
> 
> None of the people you Cc-ed here is involved in GSoC. You reached Linux
> kernel community, which has nothing to do with GSoC. I suggest
> contacting GSoC through whatever contact form the provided you on the
> application.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof


hello Krzysztof,

      Thanks for your response. However i mailed them and got no
      response. It was instructed on the page  to contact respective
      mainling list. Also my mentors seems to be busy I submitted several
      DT conversion got no rely till now. The application period has began
      i don't know whom should i discuss all this then my mentros.

Best regards
 shihao

Re: request for guidence

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 18/03/2026 14:42, ShiHao wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 01:53:25PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>  
>> Hey,
>>
>> None of the people you Cc-ed here is involved in GSoC. You reached Linux
>> kernel community, which has nothing to do with GSoC. I suggest
>> contacting GSoC through whatever contact form the provided you on the
>> application.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
> 
> 
> hello Krzysztof,
> 
>       Thanks for your response. However i mailed them and got no
>       response. It was instructed on the page  to contact respective
>       mainling list. Also my mentors seems to be busy I submitted several

I could not find any GSoC page telling that DT is the respective list to
contact about your application. Or that me or Mark or Bjorn are... Where
did you find it, so we can ask GSoC organizers to correct the docs?

>       DT conversion got no rely till now. The application period has began
>       i don't know whom should i discuss all this then my mentros.

On the GSoC pages, there is list of people from Linux Foundation to
reach. Unfortunately I do not know with whom else you could contact, but
I am sure that Linux kernel maintainers are not the ones to discuss it.
GSoC is Google's or Linux Foundation program, nothing to do with us.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

Re: request for guidence

[ShiHao]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 03:15:56PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:

> I could not find any GSoC page telling that DT is the respective list to
> contact about your application. Or that me or Mark or Bjorn are... Where

Hello Krzysztof,

well it is actually said here.
https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/Contributor-Application-Template
> On the GSoC pages, there is list of people from Linux Foundation to
> reach. Unfortunately I do not know with whom else you could contact, but
> I am sure that Linux kernel maintainers are not the ones to discuss it.
> GSoC is Google's or Linux Foundation program, nothing to do with us.
> 
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof

However lets drop this i submitted my proposal today so, beside
this i got one questions that is it okay to convert bindings
outside gsoc. Thanks for your help and sorry if i wasted your
time.


Best regards
 Shihao

Re: request for guidence

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 19/03/2026 10:17, ShiHao wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 03:15:56PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 
>> I could not find any GSoC page telling that DT is the respective list to
>> contact about your application. Or that me or Mark or Bjorn are... Where
> 
> Hello Krzysztof,
> 
> well it is actually said here.
> https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/Contributor-Application-Template


I guess this part:
"ask on the mailing list or in the IRC channel of the appropriate workgroup"

This is not the mailing list of that workgroup. I also do not know what
is the mailing list of that GSoC workgroup - I think there is none.

>> On the GSoC pages, there is list of people from Linux Foundation to
>> reach. Unfortunately I do not know with whom else you could contact, but
>> I am sure that Linux kernel maintainers are not the ones to discuss it.
>> GSoC is Google's or Linux Foundation program, nothing to do with us.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
> 
> However lets drop this i submitted my proposal today so, beside
> this i got one questions that is it okay to convert bindings
> outside gsoc. Thanks for your help and sorry if i wasted your
> time.

Just remember we do not need any AI/LLM conversions, because that part
is already done. All TXT bindings are already converted that way.

Best regards,
Krzysztof

Request for guidence

[ShiHao]

hello,

I hope everyone is doing well and fine. Recently i have been
getting prepared for gsoc 2026 for The Linux Foundation project
idea iio AD39113 driver development however i just noticed that the
project idea has been withdrawn from the list. I wanted to ask that
whether the driver develpment is still planned or it is dropped from
project idea list.

If the driver is still needed , I would be interested in contribtuting
to its development outside gsoc as well since i have no idea whether i
would be allowed for its development or not thats is why  any help would
be appreciated thank you for your time .

Re: Request for guidence

[Marcelo Schmitt]

Hello ShiHao,

On 03/06, ShiHao wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I hope everyone is doing well and fine. Recently i have been
> getting prepared for gsoc 2026 for The Linux Foundation project
> idea iio AD39113 driver development however i just noticed that the
> project idea has been withdrawn from the list. I wanted to ask that
> whether the driver develpment is still planned or it is dropped from
> project idea list.

Glad to know about your interest in the IIO driver GSoC project.
There will be no IIO driver GSoC project this year. I suggest the Device Tree
Bindings project as an alternative.

https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-Device-Tree-Bindings

> 
> If the driver is still needed , I would be interested in contribtuting
> to its development outside gsoc as well since i have no idea whether i
> would be allowed for its development or not thats is why  any help would
> be appreciated thank you for your time .
> 

If you're anyway interested in contributing to IIO, there are links to
IIO-related material in the non-active IIO project page

https://github.com/LinuxFoundationGSoC/ProjectIdeas/wiki/GSoC-2026-IIO-Driver

I am unable to send any hardware anywhere, though.

With best regards,
Marcelo

Re: Request for guidence

[Till Kamppeter]

Hi,

unfortunately, the IIO group is not mentoring in this year's GSoC. If you want 
to do GSoC this year, I recommend you to apply for the Device Tree Bindings projects

If you want to contribute to IIO Driver outside GSoC, please join their mailing 
list as indicated on the project idea page and introduce yourself there.

    Till

On 3/6/26 06:18, ShiHao wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I hope everyone is doing well and fine. Recently i have been
> getting prepared for gsoc 2026 for The Linux Foundation project
> idea iio AD39113 driver development however i just noticed that the
> project idea has been withdrawn from the list. I wanted to ask that
> whether the driver develpment is still planned or it is dropped from
> project idea list.
> 
> If the driver is still needed , I would be interested in contribtuting
> to its development outside gsoc as well since i have no idea whether i
> would be allowed for its development or not thats is why  any help would
> be appreciated thank you for your time .

Re: Request for guidence

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 11:55:25PM +0100, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> 
> unfortunately, the IIO group is not mentoring in this year's GSoC. If you
> want to do GSoC this year, I recommend you to apply for the Device Tree
> Bindings projects

> If you want to contribute to IIO Driver outside GSoC, please join their
> mailing list as indicated on the project idea page and introduce yourself
> there.

We are already in the relevant mailing list, so if ShiHao wants to work on IIO
drivers, welcome!

> On 3/6/26 06:18, ShiHao wrote:
> > 
> > I hope everyone is doing well and fine. Recently i have been
> > getting prepared for gsoc 2026 for The Linux Foundation project
> > idea iio AD39113 driver development however i just noticed that the
> > project idea has been withdrawn from the list. I wanted to ask that
> > whether the driver develpment is still planned or it is dropped from
> > project idea list.
> > 
> > If the driver is still needed , I would be interested in contribtuting
> > to its development outside gsoc as well since i have no idea whether i
> > would be allowed for its development or not thats is why  any help would
> > be appreciated thank you for your time .

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko

Re: Request for guidence

[ShiHao]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 12:28:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> We are already in the relevant mailing list, so if ShiHao wants to work on IIO
> drivers, welcome!

> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>
Hello,
	First of all, thank you all for your time and responses. After
	learning that the IIO driver development project will not be
	part of this year’s GSoC, I shifted my preparation toward the
	DT binding project idea since it aligns with my driver development
	goals and Thank you, Andy, for letting me know that I can still
	work on driver development. However, I still have no clear idea
	how to get started.

	My main questions are: how should I begin, which sensors currently
	need drivers, and what happens if someone else is already working
	on a particular driver? Would it still be possible for me to
	contribute?

	Therefore, I would really appreciate some guidance on how to get
	started. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all again.

With sincere regards,
Shi Hao

Re: Request for guidence

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:43:19 +0530
ShiHao <i.shihao.999@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 12:28:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > We are already in the relevant mailing list, so if ShiHao wants to work on IIO
> > drivers, welcome!  
> 
> > With Best Regards,
> > Andy Shevchenko
> >
> >  
> Hello,
> 	First of all, thank you all for your time and responses. After
> 	learning that the IIO driver development project will not be
> 	part of this year’s GSoC, I shifted my preparation toward the
> 	DT binding project idea since it aligns with my driver development
> 	goals and Thank you, Andy, for letting me know that I can still
> 	work on driver development. However, I still have no clear idea
> 	how to get started.
> 
> 	My main questions are: how should I begin, which sensors currently
> 	need drivers, and what happens if someone else is already working
> 	on a particular driver? Would it still be possible for me to
> 	contribute?

For devices that need drivers, best bet is normally to see if a commonly
available part with a break out board (to avoid having to design and build
circuit boards!) is not yet supported.  Works best when it's something
you are interested in.

Other alternatives that can be good places to learn are around modernising or
debugging existing drivers.  Either get the hardware if possible, or
another useful skill to learn is how to emulate that hardware.
Personally I tend to do that on QEMU but that's because I'm more familiar
with that than other alternatives. 

Other than mechanical changes where we can easily see there is no functional
affect I wouldn't advise trying to work on drivers unless you have good
emulation to test against.  Doing emulation for a device that isn't currently
supported is also unwise because it's hard to know if it is right without
getting that thoroughly reviewed. As such it tends to be most helpful when
you can assume the existing code works, test the emulation using that and
then test your refactors and updates.

Jonathan

> 
> 	Therefore, I would really appreciate some guidance on how to get
> 	started. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all again.
> 
> With sincere regards,
> Shi Hao
> 
>