On 10/3/24 10:21, ömer bulut wrote:
Hi Philip,
Thanks for your quick reply. I just love it how this community works.
Actually i look to kernelnewbie web page previously. I also watch gregs
youtube videos ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4&t=414s ) and
i read some books that recommended on stackoverflow or kernel web site - i
just keep reading those books. I want to going to look into some drivers to
find out little bugs.
Are you maintainers for any drivers that i can look into it? Maybe it could
be good start point.
Best Regards...
Ömer
Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx>, 2 Eki 2024 Çar, 21:06
tarihinde şunu yazdı:
On 10/2/24 16:57, ömer bulut wrote:
Hi,
I have spent almost 10 years for writing device drivers so i want to
contribute to linux kernel. There are some pmic drivers from Texas
Instruments like bq24190 etc in the linux source tree. Would writing
driver for bq25120a be helpful or should i begin with bit little like
fixing some coverity bugs?
Best Regards...
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Hi Ömer,
great that you have so much experience. I recommend you start with the
homepage:
https://kernelnewbies.org/
Go complete our tutorial for creating your first kernel patch...
I recommend to start with really simple patches with only some changes.
Nobody is mad when you just change one place on your first patch. Then
you need to be patient. As the response can take some time. You can use
this time to prepare for the next but typically it is not wise to send
in multiple patches with the same issue. So start simple and evolve...
In case of questions feel free to write again.
Thanks for your support.
Bye Philipp
Hi Ömer,
please do not use top posting for kernel mailing lists.
I also recommend to read in the subsystem mailing list:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-staging/
I am not Maintainer. I am trying to support the maintainer Greg
Kroah-Hartman.
As I managed to buy hardware for:
rtl8192e
rtl8712
rtl8723bs
vt6656
I am typically responding to those Patches.
We had a two week merge window until last Sunday. All patches in the Que
have not been added by the maintainer. So sending in patches can
conflict with other patches send in earlier. You have three choices...
wait until the patches get in or apply the patches relevant to the
driver you want to work on or change only files for which no patches are
relevant.
As a first starting point I recommend to remove some unused macros in
rtl8192e.
Please check if this macros are used and remove all unused ones.
#define rPMAC_Reset 0x100
#define rPMAC_TxStart 0x104
#define rPMAC_TxLegacySIG 0x108
#define rPMAC_TxHTSIG1 0x10c
#define rPMAC_TxHTSIG2 0x110
#define rPMAC_PHYDebug 0x114
#define rPMAC_TxPacketNum 0x118
#define rPMAC_TxIdle 0x11c
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader0 0x120
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader1 0x124
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader2 0x128
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader3 0x12c
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader4 0x130
#define rPMAC_TxMACHeader5 0x134
#define rPMAC_TxDataType 0x138
#define rPMAC_TxRandomSeed 0x13c
#define rPMAC_CCKPLCPPreamble 0x140
#define rPMAC_CCKPLCPHeader 0x144
#define rPMAC_CCKCRC16 0x148
#define rPMAC_OFDMRxCRC32OK 0x170
#define rPMAC_OFDMRxCRC32Er 0x174
#define rPMAC_OFDMRxParityEr 0x178
#define rPMAC_OFDMRxCRC8Er 0x17c
#define rPMAC_CCKCRxRC16Er 0x180
#define rPMAC_CCKCRxRC32Er 0x184
#define rPMAC_CCKCRxRC32OK 0x188
#define rPMAC_TxStatus 0x18c
You can take the description from old patches in git.
Make your Subject line unique by adding the first removed macro.
Thanks for your support.
Bye Philipp
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