On 4/22/11, Manuel Mejia <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All, > > My name is Manuel. I've been itching to get some more experience > working with a lower level language (C/C++) since I have developed > mainly in higher level languages like PHP, C#, Java, and C++/Qt.I > thought the best way would be to contribute to open source as I use it > all the time. I was wondering if someone out there could take the time > to guide me a bit on how to get started with some of the tasks for > kernel janitors. > Kernel coding isn't really a good place to start learning C. It's normally assumed that you are proficient in C already when you start sending patches. Mostly these days kernel janitors is just static checker stuff and auditing code. Like for example, auditing the error handling for copy_to/from_user() calls. The other thing is you could do if you wanted would be to fix up a staging driver. But mostly those patches get sent to the staging list and not to kernel janitors. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
