netdev - Re: How to submit potential patch in linux kernel

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:15:25 +0300
From:   Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...il.com>
To:     Shyam Saini <mayhs11saini@...il.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: How to submit potential patch in linux kernel

Hi Shyam,

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 04:32:29AM +0530, Shyam Saini wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm Shyam, final year undergraduate student. I wanted to know how one can
>> submit potential linux kernel patch in networking subsystem.
>
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches is a good starting point.
>
> Then post a patch and we will help you learn the rest of the process.


You can have a look at https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch.
There is also this presentation from Greg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLBrBBImJt4

thanks,
Daniel.