Bingo Correct Answer On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 10:11:33PM -0400, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 10:05 AM Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > What small projects would you suggest to a novice with the ALSA > > kernel. The aim is to develop a familiarity with the ALSA kernel > > source code, and also to submit it for academic purposes. > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Sekhar > > > > > 1. Read the documentation for the Linux Sound Subsystem : > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/sound/index.html > 2. Then try to understand the the ALSA Driver API > 3. In your kernel source tree under the sound folder/directory you will > find lot's of useful source code. > > If you open the /sound/x86/intel_hdmi_audio.h file at the very top you will > see what is below: > > // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > /* > * intel_hdmi_audio.c - Intel HDMI audio driver > * > * Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corp > * Authors: Sailaja Bandarupalli <sailaja.bandarupalli@xxxxxxxxx> > * Ramesh Babu K V <ramesh.babu@xxxxxxxxx> > * Vaibhav Agarwal <vaibhav.agarwal@xxxxxxxxx> > * Jerome Anand <jerome.anand@xxxxxxxxx> > * > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * > * > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * ALSA driver for Intel HDMI audio > */ > > All the authors you will notice are from intel and seem to be all south > asian :-))) pure coincidence ? I somehow > do not think so. > > Muni in my experience what I have learnt over the years is there will be > times when you ask a question and > you will get very negative or straight-up demoralising and demotivating > toxic remarks and comments. My advice > to you is this: > > Have a deaf ear to the obstacles and negative comments, rather use them as > motivation to achieve your goals. > > *Lesson to take away:* > > 1. Alas! We can’t have a deaf ear to the negative comments that we > receive so abundantly from people all around us. > I mean even those who don’t usually give advice, would try to stop you > from doing something you so eagerly wanted to do, > even when they themselves don’t know anything about it. But we can, > however, avoid them or use them as a motivation > to prove them wrong. Yep, use their words to prove them wrong! > > Good luck - Aruna > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies -- So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 http://www.mrbrklyn.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! http://www.brooklyn-living.com Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
