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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2023 22:49:15 +0530
From:   Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com>
To:     Stanislaw Gruszka <stanislaw.gruszka@linux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@linux.intel.com>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@kernel.org>,
        dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Deepak R Varma <drv@mailo.com>
Subject: Re: ivpu TODO list items
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On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 09:50:53AM +0200, Stanislaw Gruszka wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 10:25:19PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 12:54:43PM +0530, Deepak R Varma wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I am shortlisted as a mentee for the LF Mentorship program. I looked at the TODO
> > > file for the ivpu driver for my project tasks. Could you please answer the
> > > following questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Is the TODO list up to date? If not, can we have it updated? Let me know if I
> > > can help.
> It's not. Some of those was already implemented (but yet not submitted).
> Some ideas there was dropped.
>
> I think this file can be whole removed. Feel free to post patch for
> that.

Hello,
Thank you for the response. I sincerely appreciate your time.
I will send in a patch to remove the TODO file.

>
> > > 2. Is it absolutely necessary for me to have a specialized hardware to test my
> > > patches? Is it limited to the 14thGen or above CPU or do I need more than that?
> Yes, I don't think someone can work on ivpu without hardware.

Okay. Could you suggest what would be the minimum hardware required to explore
this driver?

>
> > > 3. Is it okay for me to work on the TODO list items. Let me know if you have a
> > > preference [Please note I just started a few months ago and still learning].
> I recommend you to work on items from:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/gpu/todo.html

This is helpful. I will review the list tiems.
Thank you again.

Deepak.

>
> > Hello,
> > May I request the maintainer to review my questions and comment please?
>
> Sorry, I haven't seen this email before.
>
> Regards
> Stanislaw