Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932148AbXARJok (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:44:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932160AbXARJoj (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:44:39 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:36515 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932137AbXARJoi (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:44:38 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=EgKwT3NzXSe8rJKO4v/K7Lq0YEu3s2hJavSfknwFouT55gj+igU1p1Zln1852I3srq5eQ7lWNZFuzsjU1nS2m6VYHeuYmXVN8Veq3Bjhfx+0mlVAYRP6amCym+Fw2TeC3T6bJW/R1K4J7OWNFS1y0UOjypuK+k+YSQb4drW0yvA= Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:44:11 +0200 To: Rajat Jain Cc: Daniel Rodrick , kernelnewbies , Linux Newbie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: after effects of a kernel API change Message-ID: <20070118094411.GB29695@Ahmed> References: <292693080701172015n736a269fl6945ba4fe19d8174@mail.gmail.com> <20070118051026.GA29695@Ahmed> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1259 Lines: 33 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@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/