On 1/22/06, Dariusz Dwornikowski <tdi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:27:14 +0100 > Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 1/22/06, Ashok Sharma <aks6d@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Best way to learn the kernel is to start writing/modifying code. I > > > have done kernel compilation now want to do more. Please give me > > > specific problem to work on that is suitable for a beginner kernel > > > programmer > > > > > > > Have you looked at > > http://kernelnewbies.org/ > > http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/ > > http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/TODO > > http://sosdg.org/~coywolf/lxr/source/Documentation/HOWTO > > ? > so as i understand, browse the code, do the todos and send it here ? > That's certainly one way to get started. as for where to send things, let me quote the Documentation/HOWTO document : " Documentation/SubmittingPatches Documentation/SubmittingDrivers These files describe in explicit detail how to successfully create and send a patch, including (but not limited to): - Email contents - Email format - Who to send it to Following these rules will not guarantee success (as all patches are subject to scrutiny for content and style), but not following them will almost always prevent it. Other excellent descriptions of how to create patches properly are: "The Perfect Patch" http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/tpp.txt "Linux kernel patch submission format" http://linux.yyz.us/patch-format.html " -- Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
