Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code (EVoC)-Mentor

2024-03-22 Thread Ojus Chugh
Hello Everyone,

Greetings!

I hope you are doing well.

I am Ojus, a final-year IT student. Recently, I discovered EVoC as an
open-source enthusiast, and I'm deeply interested in participating in this
program. However, I am new to this and am looking for a mentor to guide me
through EVoC for a project related to mesa. I would appreciate any ideas or
projects for this program, as I am open to learning new skills and facing
new challenges.

Here is my GitHub ID: https://github.com/ojuschugh1

Could you please guide me on the next steps? I am eager to work under my
mentor's guidance. I would appreciate it if anyone could become my mentor
and assist me in this endeavor.

Thank you in advance for your assistance :D

I eagerly await your response. I hope I can be of help to someone in any
way ;)

Thanks for your help and consideration.

Kind Regards,

Ojus


X.org endless vacation of code

2023-11-04 Thread Forcha Pearl
Hello , I am Forcha Pearl Fri , a final year student of University of Buea
, Cameroon . I wish to contribute to the OpenMAX projects  , please how may
I get started.


Re: Regarding project in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code programs

2023-02-19 Thread Christian König

Hi Tushar,

Leo is the lead from our multimedia team and should be able to help you 
with that.


Cheers,
Christian.

Am 18.02.23 um 16:19 schrieb Tushar Gupta:

Hello,

I am software developer proficient in C++ and python  and interested 
for contributing to "Unit and Performance test for VA-API" and "piglit 
for VA-API" project. My skills are aligned with the requirements of 
this project.

I would like to discuss further about this project.

Thank you




Regarding project in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code programs

2023-02-18 Thread Tushar Gupta
Hello,

I am software developer proficient in C++ and python  and interested for
contributing to "Unit and Performance test for VA-API" and "piglit for
VA-API" project. My skills are aligned with the requirements of this
project.
I would like to discuss further about this project.

Thank you


[Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-05-11 Thread Anish Kanchan
I looked through the project ideas at
http://www.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas/ which seemed doable to me. I would
like to know more about the following projects -

1. Add support for performances counters in the profiling view
2. GL/GLSL tests for GL 4.0 and newer

I have worked on projects using C and OpenGL as a part of coursework in
college. Hence I feel I'll be able to work on these projects if I put
enough time in it.

I am also proficient in Java, Php, Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3 so if there
are any projects using these, I would love to look into them as well.

I plan to work on a project through EVoC during June and July if my
application gets accepted. So till then I would like to spend one month in
understanding the project, solving bugs and preparing a good application.


Kindly help.

Thanks and Regards,
Anish Kanchan
Student, University of Mumbai
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Re: [Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-05-11 Thread Emil Velikov
Hi Anish,

On 11 May 2015 at 20:47, Anish Kanchan anishgkanc...@gmail.com wrote:

 I looked through the project ideas at
 http://www.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas/ which seemed doable to me. I
 would like to know more about the following projects -

 1. Add support for performances counters in the profiling view

I believe that there is a student working on this project as part of GSoC
2015. Personally I think that going for another project will be better,
although others might feel otherwise.


 2. GL/GLSL tests for GL 4.0 and newer

 This topic has come across multiple times. The task entails that you pick
up an GL extension (or a few) that are used by GL 4.0+, read through the
spec test and write small piglit programs [1] which test the applicable
functionality. One is expected to confirm their tests against another
GL/GLSL implementation - i.e. run the programs on a GL 4.0+ capable
hardware using the Nvida/AMD binary drivers.

Note that there is a bit of a hurdle here on the patch review front. So you
would be expected interact with the community and find a person interested
in mentoring/reviewing your work.


 I have worked on projects using C and OpenGL as a part of coursework in
 college. Hence I feel I'll be able to work on these projects if I put
 enough time in it.

 I am also proficient in Java, Php, Javascript, HTML5 and CSS3 so if there
 are any projects using these, I would love to look into them as well.

 I plan to work on a project through EVoC during June and July if my
 application gets accepted. So till then I would like to spend one month in
 understanding the project, solving bugs and preparing a good application.

 According to the EVoC page [2] the student is expected to put three to
four months of work. Regardless I would encourage that you try and get a
better feel about the projects listed [3] and observe the direction of the
current X development. Chilling out in #dri-devel (at FreeNode) and
skimming through the dri-devel and mesa-dev mailing lists will help you
out. Once you have a better feel on the projects (or idea for another one)
just follow the guidelines [4] and submit a proposal.

I believe this information is enough to get you in the right direction.

Cheers,
Emil

[1] http://piglit.freedesktop.org/
[2] http://www.x.org/wiki/XorgEVoC/
[3] http://www.x.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas/
[4] http://www.x.org/wiki/GSoCApplication/
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Re: [Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-04-29 Thread Anish Kanchan
Okay. I looked through the other project ideas which seemed doable to me. I
would like to know more about the following projects -

1. Add support for performances counters in the profiling view
2. GL/GLSL tests for GL 4.0 and newer

I have worked on projects using C and OpenGL as a part of coursework in
college. Hence I feel I'll be able to work on these projects if I put
enough time in it.

I plan to work on a project through EVoC during June and July if my
application gets accepted. So till then I would like to spend one month in
understanding the project, solving bugs and preparing a good application.

Kindly help.

Thanks and Regards,
Anish Kanchan
Student, University of Mumbai


On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Matt Turner matts...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Anish Kanchan anishgkanc...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  Hello,
 
  I am a final year Computer Engineering student from Sardar Patel
 Institute
  of Technology. I have a good understanding of C and I have worked on
  projects using C as a part of my coursework. I am interested in working
 on
  the Improved application of GLSL complier optimizations project idea
 for
  EVoC.

 I responded to someone else's question about this project -- see here:
 http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-March/079293.html

 Basically, I don't think it's an interesting project. It may have been
 at one point, but not any more.

  So before submitting an application, I understand that I need to
 understand
  the code base and submit patches to show my programming proficiency and
  problem solving skills.
 
  However, before I begin doing so, I would like you to answer few queries
 -
 
  1. Can a proposal have only one 'easy' project idea (or will one have to
  club two easy ones)?
  2. Could you point me to the necessary resources which will help me
  understand the project?

 It's not really a software project that you can just quickly
 understand fully. :)

 Lots of us have been working on it for years and aren't even
 interested in understanding it fully.

  3. Could you also tell me how to set up the development environment for
  setting up this project?

 I've been meaning to create a wiki page. Hopefully I can do this soon.

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Re: [Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-04-28 Thread Timothy Arceri
On Tue, 2015-04-28 at 04:28 +0530, Anish Kanchan wrote:
 Hello,
 
 
 I am a final year Computer Engineering student from Sardar Patel
 Institute of Technology. I have a good understanding of C and I have
 worked on projects using C as a part of my coursework. I am interested
 in working on the Improved application of GLSL complier
 optimizations project idea for EVoC.
 
 
 So before submitting an application, I understand that I need to
 understand the code base and submit patches to show my programming
 proficiency and problem solving skills.
 
 
 However, before I begin doing so, I would like you to answer few
 queries -
 
 
 1. Can a proposal have only one 'easy' project idea (or will one have
 to club two easy ones)?
 2. Could you point me to the necessary resources which will help me
 understand the project?

There is some basic developer info in the docs folder devinfo.html
(provides some tips to new developers) and sourcetree.html (has an
excellent overview of the source code directory structures) are two
files I found helpful.

 3. Could you also tell me how to set up the development environment
 for setting up this project?
 
 
 Thanks,
 Anish Kanchan
 Student, University of Mumbai
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[Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-04-27 Thread Anish Kanchan
Hello,

I am a final year Computer Engineering student from Sardar Patel Institute
of Technology. I have a good understanding of C and I have worked on
projects using C as a part of my coursework. I am interested in working on
the Improved application of GLSL complier optimizations project idea for
EVoC.

So before submitting an application, I understand that I need to understand
the code base and submit patches to show my programming proficiency and
problem solving skills.

However, before I begin doing so, I would like you to answer few queries -

1. Can a proposal have only one 'easy' project idea (or will one have to
club two easy ones)?
2. Could you point me to the necessary resources which will help me
understand the project?
3. Could you also tell me how to set up the development environment for
setting up this project?

Thanks,
Anish Kanchan
Student, University of Mumbai
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Re: [Mesa-dev] Regarding X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2015-04-27 Thread Matt Turner
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Anish Kanchan anishgkanc...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello,

 I am a final year Computer Engineering student from Sardar Patel Institute
 of Technology. I have a good understanding of C and I have worked on
 projects using C as a part of my coursework. I am interested in working on
 the Improved application of GLSL complier optimizations project idea for
 EVoC.

I responded to someone else's question about this project -- see here:
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2015-March/079293.html

Basically, I don't think it's an interesting project. It may have been
at one point, but not any more.

 So before submitting an application, I understand that I need to understand
 the code base and submit patches to show my programming proficiency and
 problem solving skills.

 However, before I begin doing so, I would like you to answer few queries -

 1. Can a proposal have only one 'easy' project idea (or will one have to
 club two easy ones)?
 2. Could you point me to the necessary resources which will help me
 understand the project?

It's not really a software project that you can just quickly
understand fully. :)

Lots of us have been working on it for years and aren't even
interested in understanding it fully.

 3. Could you also tell me how to set up the development environment for
 setting up this project?

I've been meaning to create a wiki page. Hopefully I can do this soon.
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Re: [Mesa-dev] Participate in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2012-04-30 Thread Lakmal padmakumara
Hey Devs ,

I'm Lakmal ,a Computer Science  Engineering student from University of
Moratuwa ,Sri Lanka . Next few months going to be my term vacation and I
was searching for opportunities where I could get the experience of a real
world project while improving my technical skills .X.org Endless Vacation
of code seemed to match my targets perfectly .

I had a conversation with Matt Dew and Alex Deucher about my past
projects,interests ,availability .You can refer to that conversation in the
quoted parts below.When I express my interest in working with the project
on *adding an OpenCL test framework for piglit* which was suggested in the
summer ideas list, Alex asked me to direct my request to this mailing list
for more help .

I see *piglit *is written in python. I posses a good knowledge in Python
and very much interested in working with the language.That was one of the
reason I preferred this project .I would be grateful if anyone of you can
provide some more details on how should I proceed further , whether this
project would be suitable for a summer project (Of course it is suggested
in the summer ideas list  :-) .But would like to get a comment on that as
well ) and any other technologies I should be familiar with to work with
the project .

I have my semester exams going on until the end of 3rd week of May . So I
am hoping to utilize these weeks to make my self familiar with the
community and to build up a good proposal.So any help would be greatly
appreciated .

Thanks in advance

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Alex ,Matt  Everyone ,

 Thanks for the ideas list Alex. I did encounter this link previously when
 I was going through the mail archives .

 I'm not sure whether all these projects are available or not .But after
 having an initial look I'm pretty much interested in the two projects
 mentioned here .

 First one is the project regarding adding an OpenCL test framework for
 piglit .Piglit seems to be implemented in python .So I would be very much
 interested in working with it .

 And as another option I'm interested in the project focusing adding more
 input support for XCB .I dont have much background knowledge needed for
 this project .But when I read about it sounded really interesting and also
 got the feeling I would enjoy this type of a project .

 You might have some comments on my interested ideas .If you think they are
 feasible Please guide me on how should I proceed further with each one .
 One thing I experienced in the past was when you try to contribute to a
 open source project most difficult part is setting up the required
 environment/tools for the development . I would kindly request some
 guidance and help on these steps focusing on above projects .

 As I mentioned in my first email message , I will be having my exams until
 the end of third week of May .I believe it will be great if I can use these
 3 weeks to get to know the community and move with one of my selected idea
 until I can come up with a good proposal with the feedback of the
 developers . So I would be able to start my developing phase right after
 I'm done with my exams .


 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Alex Deucher alexdeuc...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Lakmal,

 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
  Yes Matt , as you have mentioned I am more interested in non-graphic
 backend
  stuff . During my last internship I mainly worked with Python and Ruby
 where
  I used these scripts to access several remote servers ,download data
 ,create
  databases and finally to analyze and present these data. I found python
 to
  be a very interesting programming language although I hadn't work with
 it
  before my internship .
 
  I developed an extension to OpenOffice which can be used to do basic
 image
  manipulation using Java .Most of the features of this extension were
  depending on pixel manipulation ( Etc Rotation Image , Scale ) where I
 could
  use my solid mathematics background .
 
  As one of the project in the university I'm working in developing a
  Distributed System Management Framework using Apache Zookeeper and
 Apache
  Thrift with 3 other team members. Language of implementation is Java and
  this involves working with some major topics in distributed computing
 like
  election algorithms ,resource allocation algorithms .
 
  In the recent past , I worked a little bit with GNOME shotwell project
 as I
  was very excited with its lightweight appearance and good set of
 features
  which made me to hack their code a little bit . So I could make myself
  familiar with their main implementation language Vala (which I believe
 very
  similar to C#) .
 
  Although I haven't worked with a major project in C that is one other
  language I'm comfortable at, as I used it and still using it in our
  university assignments.
 
  So as the bottom line at the moment I'm very much familiar with
 languages
  like Python

[Mesa-dev] Participate in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2012-04-27 Thread Lakmal padmakumara
Hey Devs ,

I'm Lakmal ,a Computer Science  Engineering student from University of
Moratuwa ,Sri Lanka . Next few months going to be my term vacation and I
was searching for opportunities where I could get the experience of a real
world project while improving my technical skills .X.org Endless Vacation
of code seemed to match my targets perfectly .

I had a conversation with Matt Dew and Alex Deucher about my past
projects,interests ,availability .You can refer to that conversation in the
quoted parts below.When I express my interest in working with the project
on *adding an OpenCL test framework for piglit* which was suggested in the
summer ideas list, Alex asked me to direct my request to this mailing list
for more help .

I see *piglit *is written in python. I posses a good knowledge in Python
and very much interested in working with the language.That was one of the
reason I preferred this project .I would be grateful if anyone of you can
provide some more details on how should I proceed further , whether this
project would be suitable for a summer project (Of course it is suggested
in the summer ideas list  :-) .But would like to get a comment on that as
well ) and any other technologies I should be familiar with to work with
the project .

I have my semester exams going on until the end of 3rd week of May . So I
am hoping to utilize these weeks to make my self familiar with the
community and to build up a good proposal.So any help would be greatly
appreciated .

Thanks in advance


On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Alex ,Matt  Everyone ,

 Thanks for the ideas list Alex. I did encounter this link previously when
 I was going through the mail archives .

 I'm not sure whether all these projects are available or not .But after
 having an initial look I'm pretty much interested in the two projects
 mentioned here .

 First one is the project regarding adding an OpenCL test framework for
 piglit .Piglit seems to be implemented in python .So I would be very much
 interested in working with it .

 And as another option I'm interested in the project focusing adding more
 input support for XCB .I dont have much background knowledge needed for
 this project .But when I read about it sounded really interesting and also
 got the feeling I would enjoy this type of a project .

 You might have some comments on my interested ideas .If you think they are
 feasible Please guide me on how should I proceed further with each one .
 One thing I experienced in the past was when you try to contribute to a
 open source project most difficult part is setting up the required
 environment/tools for the development . I would kindly request some
 guidance and help on these steps focusing on above projects .

 As I mentioned in my first email message , I will be having my exams until
 the end of third week of May .I believe it will be great if I can use these
 3 weeks to get to know the community and move with one of my selected idea
 until I can come up with a good proposal with the feedback of the
 developers . So I would be able to start my developing phase right after
 I'm done with my exams .


 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Alex Deucher alexdeuc...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi Lakmal,

 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
  Yes Matt , as you have mentioned I am more interested in non-graphic
 backend
  stuff . During my last internship I mainly worked with Python and Ruby
 where
  I used these scripts to access several remote servers ,download data
 ,create
  databases and finally to analyze and present these data. I found python
 to
  be a very interesting programming language although I hadn't work with
 it
  before my internship .
 
  I developed an extension to OpenOffice which can be used to do basic
 image
  manipulation using Java .Most of the features of this extension were
  depending on pixel manipulation ( Etc Rotation Image , Scale ) where I
 could
  use my solid mathematics background .
 
  As one of the project in the university I'm working in developing a
  Distributed System Management Framework using Apache Zookeeper and
 Apache
  Thrift with 3 other team members. Language of implementation is Java and
  this involves working with some major topics in distributed computing
 like
  election algorithms ,resource allocation algorithms .
 
  In the recent past , I worked a little bit with GNOME shotwell project
 as I
  was very excited with its lightweight appearance and good set of
 features
  which made me to hack their code a little bit . So I could make myself
  familiar with their main implementation language Vala (which I believe
 very
  similar to C#) .
 
  Although I haven't worked with a major project in C that is one other
  language I'm comfortable at, as I used it and still using it in our
  university assignments.
 
  So as the bottom line at the moment I'm very much familiar with
 languages
  like Python

Re: [Mesa-dev] Participate in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2012-04-27 Thread Tom Stellard
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:06:01PM +0530, Lakmal padmakumara wrote:
 Hey Devs ,
 
 I'm Lakmal ,a Computer Science  Engineering student from University of
 Moratuwa ,Sri Lanka . Next few months going to be my term vacation and I
 was searching for opportunities where I could get the experience of a real
 world project while improving my technical skills .X.org Endless Vacation
 of code seemed to match my targets perfectly .
 
 I had a conversation with Matt Dew and Alex Deucher about my past
 projects,interests ,availability .You can refer to that conversation in the
 quoted parts below.When I express my interest in working with the project
 on *adding an OpenCL test framework for piglit* which was suggested in the
 summer ideas list, Alex asked me to direct my request to this mailing list
 for more help .
 
 I see *piglit *is written in python. I posses a good knowledge in Python
 and very much interested in working with the language.That was one of the
 reason I preferred this project .I would be grateful if anyone of you can
 provide some more details on how should I proceed further , whether this
 project would be suitable for a summer project (Of course it is suggested
 in the summer ideas list  :-) .But would like to get a comment on that as
 well ) and any other technologies I should be familiar with to work with
 the project .
 
 I have my semester exams going on until the end of 3rd week of May . So I
 am hoping to utilize these weeks to make my self familiar with the
 community and to build up a good proposal.So any help would be greatly
 appreciated .
 
 Thanks in advance
 


Hi Lakmal,

Glad to hear that you are interested.

I would suggest you start by getting familiar with piglit and do a test
run or two.  Typically, we use the quick-driver.tests suite for testing
graphics drivers.  Once your are familiar with how piglit works then you
can start to take a look at the internals of piglit and how the testing
infrastructure for other APIs is designed.  This will help you get a
sense of the work involved in adding support for OpenCL.

There was some work done in the past on adding OpenCL infrastructure
to piglit.  The code is here: https://github.com/rakadam/piglit
It might be useful to take a look at that too.

For the OpenCL piglit project, I think the work could be divided up into
three major tasks:

1. Add OpenCL infrastructure to piglit
2. Write OpenCL tests
3. Fix the Open Source OpenCL implementation when tests fail

Number 3 is optional, but would be a good way to get involved in Open
Source driver development.

Once you get a sense for what you want to do and how long it might
take, you should make a draft of your proposal and send it to the mailing
list for some feedback.

Most of the piglit developers hang out in the #dri-devel irc channel @
irc.freenode.net, so that is also a good place to go if you have
questions.

I hope this helps.

-Tom

 On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.comwrote:
 
  Hi Alex ,Matt  Everyone ,
 
  Thanks for the ideas list Alex. I did encounter this link previously when
  I was going through the mail archives .
 
  I'm not sure whether all these projects are available or not .But after
  having an initial look I'm pretty much interested in the two projects
  mentioned here .
 
  First one is the project regarding adding an OpenCL test framework for
  piglit .Piglit seems to be implemented in python .So I would be very much
  interested in working with it .
 
  And as another option I'm interested in the project focusing adding more
  input support for XCB .I dont have much background knowledge needed for
  this project .But when I read about it sounded really interesting and also
  got the feeling I would enjoy this type of a project .
 
  You might have some comments on my interested ideas .If you think they are
  feasible Please guide me on how should I proceed further with each one .
  One thing I experienced in the past was when you try to contribute to a
  open source project most difficult part is setting up the required
  environment/tools for the development . I would kindly request some
  guidance and help on these steps focusing on above projects .
 
  As I mentioned in my first email message , I will be having my exams until
  the end of third week of May .I believe it will be great if I can use these
  3 weeks to get to know the community and move with one of my selected idea
  until I can come up with a good proposal with the feedback of the
  developers . So I would be able to start my developing phase right after
  I'm done with my exams .
 
 
  On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Alex Deucher alexdeuc...@gmail.comwrote:
 
  Hi Lakmal,
 
  On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:30 AM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.com
  wrote:
  
   Yes Matt , as you have mentioned I am more interested in non-graphic
  backend
   stuff . During my last internship I mainly worked with Python and Ruby
  where
   I used these scripts to access

Re: [Mesa-dev] Participate in X.Org Endless Vacation of Code

2012-04-27 Thread Lakmal padmakumara
Hey Tom  Alex ,

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Tom Stellard thomas.stell...@amd.comwrote:

 On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 06:06:01PM +0530, Lakmal padmakumara wrote:
  Hey Devs ,
 
  I'm Lakmal ,a Computer Science  Engineering student from University of
  Moratuwa ,Sri Lanka . Next few months going to be my term vacation and I
  was searching for opportunities where I could get the experience of a
 real
  world project while improving my technical skills .X.org Endless Vacation
  of code seemed to match my targets perfectly .
 
  I had a conversation with Matt Dew and Alex Deucher about my past
  projects,interests ,availability .You can refer to that conversation in
 the
  quoted parts below.When I express my interest in working with the project
  on *adding an OpenCL test framework for piglit* which was suggested in
 the
  summer ideas list, Alex asked me to direct my request to this mailing
 list
  for more help .
 
  I see *piglit *is written in python. I posses a good knowledge in Python
  and very much interested in working with the language.That was one of the
  reason I preferred this project .I would be grateful if anyone of you can
  provide some more details on how should I proceed further , whether this
  project would be suitable for a summer project (Of course it is suggested
  in the summer ideas list  :-) .But would like to get a comment on that as
  well ) and any other technologies I should be familiar with to work with
  the project .
 
  I have my semester exams going on until the end of 3rd week of May . So I
  am hoping to utilize these weeks to make my self familiar with the
  community and to build up a good proposal.So any help would be greatly
  appreciated .
 
  Thanks in advance
 
 

 Hi Lakmal,

 Glad to hear that you are interested.

 I would suggest you start by getting familiar with piglit and do a test
 run or two.  Typically, we use the quick-driver.tests suite for testing
 graphics drivers.  Once your are familiar with how piglit works then you
 can start to take a look at the internals of piglit and how the testing
 infrastructure for other APIs is designed.  This will help you get a
 sense of the work involved in adding support for OpenCL.

 There was some work done in the past on adding OpenCL infrastructure
 to piglit.  The code is here: https://github.com/rakadam/piglit
 It might be useful to take a look at that too.

 For the OpenCL piglit project, I think the work could be divided up into
 three major tasks:

 1. Add OpenCL infrastructure to piglit
 2. Write OpenCL tests
 3. Fix the Open Source OpenCL implementation when tests fail

 Number 3 is optional, but would be a good way to get involved in Open
 Source driver development.

 Once you get a sense for what you want to do and how long it might
 take, you should make a draft of your proposal and send it to the mailing
 list for some feedback.

 Most of the piglit developers hang out in the #dri-devel irc channel @
 irc.freenode.net, so that is also a good place to go if you have
 questions.

 I hope this helps.


Yes ,this is very helpful and I got some pointers on how should I start
working .
Will get back to you with a draft proposal and also with any questions if I
encounter any in the process .

Thanks again .


 -Tom

  On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Lakmal padmakumara rclak...@gmail.com
 wrote:
 
   Hi Alex ,Matt  Everyone ,
  
   Thanks for the ideas list Alex. I did encounter this link previously
 when
   I was going through the mail archives .
  
   I'm not sure whether all these projects are available or not .But after
   having an initial look I'm pretty much interested in the two projects
   mentioned here .
  
   First one is the project regarding adding an OpenCL test framework for
   piglit .Piglit seems to be implemented in python .So I would be very
 much
   interested in working with it .
  
   And as another option I'm interested in the project focusing adding
 more
   input support for XCB .I dont have much background knowledge needed for
   this project .But when I read about it sounded really interesting and
 also
   got the feeling I would enjoy this type of a project .
  
   You might have some comments on my interested ideas .If you think they
 are
   feasible Please guide me on how should I proceed further with each one
 .
   One thing I experienced in the past was when you try to contribute to a
   open source project most difficult part is setting up the required
   environment/tools for the development . I would kindly request some
   guidance and help on these steps focusing on above projects .
  
   As I mentioned in my first email message , I will be having my exams
 until
   the end of third week of May .I believe it will be great if I can use
 these
   3 weeks to get to know the community and move with one of my selected
 idea
   until I can come up with a good proposal with the feedback of the
   developers . So I would be able to start my developing phase right
 after
   I'm