On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Julio Faracco <jcfaracco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody know if there is a program to offer small (or big) kernel > projects to students or someone who are interested in? > > I'm looking for programs like Google Summer of Code or > http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects > > I'm interested to contribute with kernel patches, but I don't know how and > where to start it. > > I will be glad if someone give me ideas and/or suggestions. > > Thanks! > > -- > Julio Cesar Faracco > University of São Paulo - Brazil The challenge is probably a great learning experience, but I assume everyone is doing the same work? If so, Greg KH has said that code clean-ups to the staging directory are always accepted. Just download the kernel source, cd into the staging directory and start running checkpatch.pl against the various files. When you find issues, clean them up and submit a patch. Greg KH walks through the process here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4 Greg (not KH) _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
