From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261956AbULCEkI (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:40:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261954AbULCEkI (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:40:08 -0500 Received: from web90004.mail.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.94.62]:54101 "HELO web90004.mail.scd.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261956AbULCEjd (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:39:33 -0500 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=RysTy9ja18jFpojOIy27x7bjmmQEtDv+dhgmZak+XgOjZOFy75ZcI24v6aGIeyvAfMYTRh6/QLczQ6tHw2Yku4tfRA+wVlqOVeHFFTQhawfLzKEZEfJSxZoE2iyvkpg+CfCVjYrIKVZd42T8mzhFXux593mCLhPeiz9KS2qZZno= ; Message-ID: <20041203043932.57460.qmail@web90004.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:39:32 -0800 (PST) From: ram mohan Subject: Re: Contribute - How to To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <41AFEB48.60800@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I am interested to work in the following areas: 1. embedded systems 2. networking I was wondering how can I contribute in embedded without actual hardware. Thanks. --- "Randy.Dunlap" wrote: > ram mohan wrote: > > Hi, > > I am willing to contribute to the development of > Linux > > kernel. I googled a bit and found that I should > join > > the list and then I can go ahead. > > > I would like to know. > > 1. What are the features currently being worked > upon? > It's all over the map: > Large-systems performance & scalability. > Embedded. Desktop issues. > Journaling + extents-based filesystems. > Drivers (new development in Infiniband and iscsi). > VM fixes. Processor scheduling improvements. > IO scheduler improvements. > Fixing bugs. :) > > > 2. Are there any things-to-do lists maintained? > There are by some projects, others are more informal > and > just discuss TODO on a mailing list. > > > 3. How are new features selected? > a. scratch your favorite itch > or > b. what someone pays for > > What do you want to work on? > > > 4. Can I suggest new features? > Of course. But part of the Linux culture is that > ideas/suggestions don't carry much weight. It's > sometimes phrased as: > Shut up and code. > or > Show us the code. > so send patches too. :) > > -- > ~Randy > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page – Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com