On 19-05-2021 20:21, Fabio Aiuto wrote: > Hi Hriday, > > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 08:06:14PM +0530, Hriday Hegde wrote: >> On 19-05-2021 15:20, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >>> A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post >>> Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting? >>> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >>> A: Top-posting. >>> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? >>> >>> http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top >>> >>> On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 03:00:08PM +0530, Hriday Hegde wrote: >>>> I am not really sure how to do that and how to reflect it in the patch i followed what was taught in the Beginners course and it does not mention building. I know i need to test it out but is running 'patch -p1 < x.patch what i need to do? >>> That does not build the code you changed, right? >>> >>> I'm sure whatever course you took, it did reference the fact that you >>> need to ensure that your change actually works properly by the very >>> least being able to be compiled correctly. Please go over those >>> instructions again. >>> >>> good luck! >>> >>> greg k-h >> I am using the A Beginner's Guide to Linux Kernel Development (LFD103) by the linux foundation for this but i cant find any commands to as to build and test , the only way i tried compiling is with a custom Makefile and it didn't work, i've got a few errors so the const keyword might not work here since the variable is being written to. >> >> > try following this tutorial from scratch: > > https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch > > it's simply complete and helps a lot, from > gathering all tools needed to contribute to the > community to sending whole patchsets. > > In your emails don't go over 80-100 character per line, > when you ask things or your mails will be difficult > to read. > > thank you, > > fabio Thank you for the guidance, and will keep the char limit in mind.
