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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:44:11 +0200 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwish.07@...il.com> To: Rajat Jain <rajat.noida.india@...il.com> Cc: Daniel Rodrick <daniel.rodrick@...il.com>, kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@...linux.org>, Linux Newbie <linux-newbie@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: after effects of a kernel API change On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 11:05:53AM +0530, Rajat Jain wrote: > >> > >> Is there any way volunteers like me can help in this exercise? > > > >See the /APIchanges in the Kernel Janitors TODO list > >http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo > > > [...] > 1) How do I make sure if some one is NOT working on any of the > mentioned bullet points? Who coordinates? On what mailing list? Check latest trees to make sure the work is not duplicated. espicially trees like -mm and subsystem ones. > 2) Do any patches for the above Todo list have the chances of getting > merged into the mainstream kernel? Who approves? I suppose the > respective maintainer of the driver / subsystem getting affected? I advise lurking (following/reading) the list for at least 2 or 3 weeks and you'll automatically understand how the "system" works. Also check: $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/HOWTO $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/SubmittingPatches $KERNEL_TREE/Documentation/CodingStyle -- Ahmed S. Darwish http://darwish-07.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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