On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 04:21:10PM +0530, Pharaoh . wrote: > Hi > > I am a kernel newbie and working in Linux for almost 1.5 yrs now. I have > written couple of drivers as part of my job. > I find Linux kernel very interesting, and I want to contribute to it. To > start with, I have checked what Linux Janitors do etc but I didnt fine it > interesting enough since, it is more like cleaning up code etc. Before going > ahead let me tell you how much I am familier with Linux kernel. > > 1. I have read Linux Kernel development almost completly. > 2. Have been reading LDD 3 for quite some time now. > 3. Have referred Understanding the Linux Kernel as when needed. > 4. Developed couple of drivers for customers. An i2c driver and a driver for > NAND flashes. > > I want to take up one perticular subsystem of Linux and want to be an expert > in that. I have seen lot of improvements being done in Kernel scheduling etc > recently. I am not sure from where I should start doing things. > > Can anyone suggest some area to look into which has lot of scope for > improvement etc? Like Power Management etc. Power management needs _lots_ of help. Please help out there if you can. Look on the linux-pm mailing list archives for list of the current problems and patches that never went anywhere toward fixing them. good luck, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
