On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:05:53AM +0530, Rajat Jain wrote: > >> > >> Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? > > > >See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list > >http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo > > > [...] > 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT working on any of the > mentioned bullet points? Who coordinates? On what mailing list? Check latest trees to make sure the work is not duplicated. espicially trees like -mm and subsystem ones. > 2) Do any patches for the above Todo list have the chances of getting > merged into the mainstream kernel? Who approves? I suppose the > respective maintainer of the driver / subsystem getting affected? I advise lurking (following/reading) the list for at least 2 or 3 weeks and you'll automatically understand how the "system" works. Also check: $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/HOWTO $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/SubmittingPatches $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/CodingStyle -- Ahmed S. Darwish http://darwish-07.blogspot.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
