Re: How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel?

[Ozgur Kara <ozgur@xxxxxxxxxx>]

 

Hello,

 

by the way i found a nice e-mail from Valdis :)

 

https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2017-April/017765.html

 

if you want to work on next?

 

$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

$ git remote add linux-next git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git

$ git fetch linux-next

$ git fetch --tags linux-next

$ git remote update

 

linux - current kernel

linux-next - next kernel implementation

 

for first step navigate kernel menu with command "make menuconfig"

 

make menuconfig - see kernel interactive menu

make clean - cleaned compiling

make mrproper - delete current configuritaion

make dep - ?

make bzImage - ?

make modules - only compile kernel modules

make modules_install - ?

make install - install to new kernel (read .config)

 

so also look at the .config file kernel config parameters most of the time and it will give you a great idea.

and also look initramfs, System.map and vmlinuz <- its a kernel :)

 

I wrote this e-mail as a reference and i hope @Valdis will guide or correct us for any wrong.

 

Regards

 

26.02.2022, 21:55, "Sebastian Fricke" <sebastian.fricke@xxxxxxxxxx>:

Hey Rogério,

On 23.02.2022 17:24, Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva wrote:

Hi, Kernelnewbies subscribers!

How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel, as a person who has
never contributed before?

Similar questions have already been asked quite a bit on this mailing
list, I would advise you to search through the archive for a while:
https://www.mail-archive.com/kernelnewbies%40kernelnewbies.org/maillist.html
With a few search terms you will find a lot of mail discussions about
this topic.

And also this reply by Valdis Klētnieks (9 days ago) for a similar
question:

"""

 I will be glad if someone can give me pointers for a good starting point to
 contribute.

Some guy wrote this a while back, and it's still mostly relevant.

https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/2017-April/017765.html
"""

 

 I have 3.5 years of experience in writing C
code, 2.5 years in GNU/Linux (command line and programming, mostly),
and 1 year in Git. But I've never written code for the Linux kernel,
other than a call to panic(). My laptop runs Windows 10 Home Single
Language, version 21H2, however I can run a hardware-accelerated
Debian GNU/Linux VM for Linux kernel development on it (dual boot is
not possible, due to hardware incompatibility, but I can easily set up
a GNU/Linux VM on Windows). I've already subscribed to the Linux
kernel mailing list (linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), and I'm receiving
lots of e-mails from other people who subscribed to LKML,

That is a lot of mail, my advise would be find what interests you and
only subscribe to that mailing list or you could also take a look at:
https://people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/lore-lei-part-1-getting-started
Which is a new tool that is currently being developed which enables you
to only get mail that matches specific filters (for example every patch
that touches a specific file etc.).
 

 with most
containing patches for many Linux drivers and subsystems. Also, what
are some useful resources for learning about the Linux kernel and
Linux kernel development?

The Kernel documentation, pretty much everything else is out of date
within a few months.
 

Kind regards,
Rogério Valentim

Greetings,
Sebastian

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