On 4/9/2015 1:48 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Wed, Apr 08, 2015 at 05:36:01PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote: >> >> >> On 4/7/2015 12:49 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: >>> On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 01:40:35PM -0700, Ravi Kerur wrote: >>>> Team, >>>> >>>> I am planning to take up following items from TODO list. If it's already picked please let me know. >>>> >>>> * pci_set_dma_mask() and friends should use DMA_BIT_MASK(nn) instead of >>>> >>>> DMA_nnBIT_MASK or 0xffff... This is not 2.4 compatible, so beware of drivers with same code. [D: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=108001993000001] Don't forget to #include dma-mapping.h >>>> >>>> * check kmallocs for things like GFP_DMA without a memtype. >>>> >>> >>> The TODO is desperately out of date. No one cares about 2.4 at all. >>> These days we don't really allow drivers to have backwards compatability >>> code so they compile on old kernels. That stuff has to be stored out of >>> the main kernel tree. We also have the compat-wireless and other >>> similar ways of backporting drivers. >> >> Thanks Dan. Do you recommend anything else for contribution? I am not a >> newbie to kernel but never contributed to kernel before so any inputs >> appreciated. > > There is always stuff to fix in staging. It's at all levels of > difficulty. Can you please point me to the link or anything which lists what needs to be done. I can pick some of it. Thanks, Ravi > > 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
