Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761277AbXJOKoE (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:44:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758235AbXJOKnv (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:43:51 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.180]:34800 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757848AbXJOKnu (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:43:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=hcXxUxjdQgqqIRvqj4lyXp202YnHY3+2DlV3kCdiUX6k9rA1ZMlf67dZbpBRB0mWlpj7jeFxIth6BhxZmA8NUumQYXfqXaQ7vWRzLo9ULfU5JoluUxyal7MS10H6gYPLr3FcO4zX7qBlLCpBEA3x4zk6Sthfp+L/c3BYVJ6J7tw= Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:40:34 +0800 From: WANG Cong To: Rik van Riel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: WANTED: kernel projects for CS students Message-ID: <20071015104034.GM2444@hacking> Reply-To: WANG Cong References: <20071014190128.6e3cdb44@bree.surriel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071014190128.6e3cdb44@bree.surriel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1597 Lines: 38 On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 07:01:28PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: >The kernel newbies community often gets inquiries from CS students who >need a project for their studies and would like to do something with >the Linux kernel, but would also like their code to be useful to the >community afterwards. > >In order to make it easier for them, I am trying to put together a >page with projects that: >- Are self contained enough that the students can implement the > project by themselves, since that is often a university requirement. >- Are self contained enough that Linux could merge the code (maybe > with additional changes) after the student has been working on it > for a few months. >- Are large enough to qualify as a student project, luckily there is > flexibility here since we get inquiries for anything from 6 week > projects to 6 month projects. > >If you have ideas on what projects would be useful, please add them >to this page (or email me): > >http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelProjects Thanks very much, Rik. I need this eagerly. I want to find a kernel project that can both be my graduation thesis and contribute to the Linux kernel community. I read that page and think your project--Swapout Clustering is interesting for me. Is it alright for me to work on it? And can you give some help? Thanks! -- May the Source Be With You. - 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/