On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 01:16:43PM +0530, shampavman.cg wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I'm new to linux kernel development (only a few hrs old i may say). I've >> been working with the solaris kernel from the past year and now would >> like to concentrate on linux as well. >> "My area of expertise is Filesystems". >> >> Here are a few things i would like to know from you guys. >> 1.) I've looked at the bugzilla pages, how do i choose a bite sized bug >> to start with? (Is there such a concept at all?) > > Not really. Most Linux kernel developers don't keep track of their > byte-sized bugs in bugzilla. Most just keep them in their heads and > don't have time to share. > >> 2.) I looked at kernelJanitors page as well hoping to find info but >> nothing much there . >> >> Can anyone help me get started? > > You might try joining the various filesystem mailing lists and watching > the traffic to see where the current areas of work are: > > http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html > > For example, I see the lists ecryptfs, linux-btrfs, linux-cifs, > linux-fsdevel, linux-nfs, linux-xfs, and linux-ext4. > > I would suggest working on either ext4 or btrfs. B-tree FS (or btrfs) > is one of the newer filesystems, and it needs a lot more work than, say, > nfs. Ted T'so is the maintainer for ext4, and Chris Mason is the > maintainer for btrfs. Emailing them to find out what tasks need to be > done would be a good start. > > Sarah Sharp marc.info is a great repository of the various LKML posts. I quick search for ext4 todo found this "Relatively simple ext4 todo item": http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=128294436026631&w=2 It's a couple months old, but I don't see a reply in marc.info, so likely no one picked it up. Greg Greg _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
