Re: ioctl number change / backwards compatibility doubt

2022-03-14 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
On Friday, 11 March 2022, Paulo Miguel Almeida < paulo.miguel.almeida.rode...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 07:20:45AM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 05:49:06PM +1300, Paulo Miguel Almeida wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 12:04:48PM +0100, Greg KH wrote: > > >

Re: *** Compiler is too old

2022-03-07 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
On Monday, 7 March 2022, wrote: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 7:19 PM Aruna Hewapathirane > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 8:48 PM Valdis Klētnieks > > wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 23:52:47 -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane said: > > > > > > > *** Compiler is too old. > > > > > > > >

Re: Exporting cpu instruction set to kernel .config file

2022-03-03 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
On Wednesday, 2 March 2022, FMDF wrote: > On Wed, 2 Mar 2022, 17:57 Guddla Rupesh, wrote: > >> I have seen the config from /proc/config.gz and found that processor >> family as generic x86 64. >> >> Actually my system consists of i3 10th gen comet lake 10100 which has >> integrated graphics and

How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel?

2022-02-23 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
Hi, Kernelnewbies subscribers! How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel, as a person who has never contributed before? 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

Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies?

2022-02-23 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies? I want to sign up for it and I don't know what is required to sign up. I know I need an e-mail address (I have one, otherwise I wouldn't be sending this) and a password (which I will create when signing up), and optionally my name (which I