Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761883AbXHWMLb (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:11:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757730AbXHWMLY (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:11:24 -0400 Received: from nic.NetDirect.CA ([216.16.235.2]:45983 "EHLO rubicon.netdirect.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757168AbXHWMLX (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:11:23 -0400 X-Originating-Ip: 72.143.224.166 Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:00:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Clemens Koller cc: shaneed cm , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: request for Linux kernel related project ideas In-Reply-To: <46CD76D6.6070409@anagramm.de> Message-ID: References: <4bd3aab60708230110i65208672u89048fcc511ba0c5@mail.gmail.com> <46CD76D6.6070409@anagramm.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-16.8, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -15.00, INIT_RECVD_OUR_AUTH -20.00, RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL 20.00) X-Net-Direct-Inc-MailScanner-From: rpjday@mindspring.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1846 Lines: 43 On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Clemens Koller wrote: > shaneed cm schrieb: > > Hi, > > This is a request for Linux kernel related project ideas. > > I am Computer Science Engineering final year student. We have to do > > a project of one year duration . I formed a group of two and we > > decided to do a project in Linux kernel. Our interests are in Virtual > > memory management, file system, process scheduling and load balancing > > in Linux clusters. Last year we did a study of Linux's page > > replacement mechanism. As I am not experienced as you people, please > > suggest me some ideas. > > Just for an example: > Checkout what filesystem / caching / scheduling policy is most > suitable for Solid State PATA/SATA Flashdisks and write / modify > a kernel scheduler to support it. i'm not sure that it's appropriate for LKML folks to be giving anyone suggestions for projects. the eventual choice of project should be based on what *shaneed* wants, not what other people tell him he should be doing. in addition, sometimes part of the work involved in a school project involves doing enough research to just make the *choice*. what shaneed is asking is that others do that work for him. IMHO, he should be told politely but firmly that selecting a topic is *his* problem. that's just part of the academic process. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ======================================================================== - 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/