2009/12/27 Greg Freemyer <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:34 AM, Thomas Rega <[email protected]> wrote: >> Am Sonntag, den 27.12.2009, 22:02 +1100 schrieb David: >>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Nicky Chorley <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Assuming that I know nothing (except some C), what advice would you >>> > give me if I wanted to successfully join the kernel development >>> > community? >>> >>> Recent "Kernel Newbie Corner" articles by Rob Day here: http://cli.gs/WG6WYX >> >> Do not forget the kernel design patterns: >> http://lwn.net/Articles/336224/ >> http://lwn.net/Articles/336255/ >> http://lwn.net/Articles/336262/ >> >> have fun ... >> >> TR > > Also, the staging tree might be a place to look around. These are > primarily drivers. They are part of the overall kernel source, but > are not considered mainline. > > The hope / expectation is that the quality of these drivers is > improved until they are ready for mainline inclusion. > > http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/staging-status-12-2009.html
Thanks for that. I think I'll leave these until I'm able to start writing code myself - right now, I just want to get an idea of how things work. However, the links are appreciated! Thanks again to everyone, Nicky Chorley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
