linux-kernel - Re: Open-ended task In kernel

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Date:	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:48:14 +0530
From:	sanjeev sharma <sanjeevsharmaengg@...il.com>
To:	gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Open-ended task In kernel

Thanks greg

so I need to find issue myself and then start from there.Do we have
some link somewhere open-ended task is captured.

Regards
Sanjeev Sharma

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:44 PM, gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:46:46PM +0530, sanjeev sharma wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I have started recently in contributing into Linux kernel and submitted patches
>> in staging directory and now I want to do outside staging directory specially
>> in main kernel and driver part.Do we have anything in Linux kernel i.e some
>> specific areas which I can looked upon.I think we should have some list of
>> open-point where people can contribute.
>>
>> If anyone has some information,please share on mailing list so that I can focus
>> myself in correct direction.
>
> Yes, I know lots of "open ended" tasks in the kernel.
>
> But just because I, or someone else, writes them down doesn't mean that
> you will want to do them, or be sucessful at them.
>
> My suggestion always is, "Find something that bothers you, fix it, and
> go from there."  And if you can't find a problem with the kernel on your
> machine, then you really aren't looking hard enough.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> greg k-h
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