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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:30:56 -0400 From: Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> To: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>, Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>, Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>, Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, tomas.winkler@...el.com, "devel@...verdev.osuosl.org" <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: Change kzalloc to kcalloc On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:21 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> wrote: > > > On 07/25/2014 11:13 AM, Nick Krause wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 07/25/2014 10:53 AM, Nick Krause wrote: >>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 07/25/2014 10:20 AM, Nick Krause wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Excuse me, I did not see the patch details, but I guess it is about >>>>>>> whether welcome a new member to upstream kernel. For me, I have 3 ideas >>>>>>> about it if I am a newbie or a normal kernel developer: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I have enough basic skills for it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I developed one or more another real world projects with C? >>>>>>> (they are successful projects -- at least, not failure projects) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Can I construct related develop environments to support what I do? >>>>>>> (e.g. building and testing for upstream kernel) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Am I familiar the basic working flow about kernel mailing list. >>>>>>> (e.g. format-patch, sending patch, email client configuration...). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I have a correct attitude on it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Am I careful enough? >>>>>>> (e.g. if find some details may doubt, try to check and clear them) >>>>>>> (it is always neccessary for all patches) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Am I try my best for it? >>>>>>> (e.g. when finish coding, try what I can do: build, run and test). >>>>>>> (it is neccessary for most cases) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I have negative effect with others? >>>>>>> (e.g. discourage the newbies, or send spam to other members ...). >>>>>>> (need always try to avoid) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I really love programming, also love open source kernel? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I love it, or I have to do it for another reason? >>>>>>> (I guess, most of gmail members in open source, love programming). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I still love programming if I am discouraged by any members? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - Do I still love open source kernel if discouraged by any members? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> I have most of these skills other then developing real projects in C with other >>>>>> developers as other then the kernel I don't have must interest in C outside >>>>>> of embedded programming. >>>>> >>>>> OK, thanks. If what you said is true, for me, if you will, please still >>>>> continue for open source kernel, but really need be more careful about >>>>> the patch you made before send to open mailing list. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> -- >>>>> Chen Gang >>>>> >>>>> Open, share, and attitude like air, water, and life which God blessed >>>> >>>> Chen , >>>> Thanks for helping me out here :). The true through is I don't known how to >>>> build test correctly as a newb and thought it was better just to avoid it(stupid >>>> me). I would like to known how to do this and if there is any way I can help you >>>> guys out , please let me known :). I don't want to be avoided I am honestly here >>>> to help make your life easier. >>> >>> Excuse me, my English is not quite well, I do not understand what you >>> said, I guess your meaning is "not familiar with how to build and test >>> upstream kernel" If what I guess is incorrect, please let me know. >>> >>> There are some books or some related web links for building and test >>> kernel, they are not quite difficult to get (please google search). >>> >>> I guess, it is necessary to reference these information and construct >>> related develop environments to support what you want to do next. >>> >>> >>> By the way, excuse me, today I have to do some other things firstly, so >>> maybe my next email reply will be late (may tomorrow, or the day after >>> tomorrow). >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> -- >>> Chen Gang >>> >>> Open, share, and attitude like air, water, and life which God blessed >> >> That's what I meant. If you can sent me a link to how to do build testing >> that would be great :). > > Please read README at the root directory of kernel source, also > "./Documents" contents many valuable information. And try google search > for additional information. > > Try to accomplish them by yourself, that will let yourself improved with > efficiency. > > Thanks. > -- > Chen Gang > > Open, share, and attitude like air, water, and life which God blessed That seems to be the issue with my programming here. Nick -- 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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