On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:39 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:04:15 -0400, Nick Krause said: > >> 1.git branch next > > No, this should be (3) or so. You really want to 'git clone' linus's tree and > then 'git remote add' the linux-next tree before you do this. > > If you're new to git, do yourself a favor, follow the directions, and just > build and then boot an updated linux-next kernel every day for a week or so, > just so you know you haven't dorked up your base, *before* you go adding > more branches of your own. > > And you'll do yourself a favor by calling the branch 'nickswork' or something > so you don't confuse it with a -next branch down the road. If you're planning > to go on another scattershot ramble across the kernel like before, you > *really* want to put each set of patches on a separate topic branch so you > can switch to that branch and 'git diff' will then only produce a diff that > contains the 2-3 patches in that topic. > I don't plan to do what I did, that was wrong and I was a complete jackass there. I plan to work in staging with checkpatch just to prove I can do the work first. Then I am going to work on a few areas( still deciding where to specialize) 1. Btrfs 2. Scheduler 3. F2FS 4. Networking 5. Drivers(mostly USB and Intel Graphics) I think my issue with getting baned was mostly not listening and needing to learn git. Cheers and Thanks :), Nick _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
