Hi Robert, > > (side note, mark: if i respond to the newbies list, please don't drop > > that as one of the recipients so that you end up replying to only me.) > > No problem, all future emails will be sent there. > > you seem to have an unusual definition of the word "module". there's > > no need for you to be messing around under scripts/ -- that's not > > kernel code, so leave it alone. you should be concerned only about > > actual kernel code. > > Ok, yep, I think my terminology of module is confusing. Understood regarding scripts - I misunderstood your original request on 17-Jan-2008 to be a general clean-up. As a general question, though, who is responsible for cleaning up or fixing potential bugs in the code in say the scripts directory? > > correct. stay out of the scripts directory, and stay away from > > non-kernel boot code. the rest is fair game. but given your > > confusion about what is and isn't kernel code, you might be better off > > just doing some more studying before trying to submit any patches. > > I'll keep on studying - I'm pretty clear about the kernel code, I was probably more unclear about the clean-up role. Cheers, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
