On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 7:28 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -0000, Amit Kumar said: > > > Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel > > development? > > That *really* depends on exactly what part of the kernel the developer is > working on. If you're monkeying with the IPv6 code in the networking > stack, or adding new features to btrfs, all you need is any system that > can support a network connection or a disk. > > But if you're trying to cram a Linux kernel onto specific new hardware, > how are you going to test the drivers without at least access to the > hardware? > You may not need the hardware yourself, but at the very least you will need > somebody who *does* have the hardware and is willing/able to test for you. >
Thank you for your reply. I'm able to send patch using sendmail and git, which you have seen yesterday "initest". I'm able to apply patch using git-am. But I am unable to setup mutt to download patch from this emailid. How to setup mutt to download patches? > -- Regards, Amit Kumar Twitter: @freeark1 Only Numbers Can Command.
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