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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:51:59 +0100
From: Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com>
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To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
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       linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
       Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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       Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: Linux wireless GSoC 2010 project ideas
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No problem for students to suggest topics. We are not restricted to 
wireless in terms of kernel. We support kernel projects in general.

Please give your suggestion as answer to this e-mail, doing "Reply to 
all", as I am not a kernel export, the other participants of this thread 
should have a look at the student's project ideas and help finding mentors.

    Till

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm sorry if I'm a bit off-topic. But as I see this announce,
>> I'm wondering about the topics for the google summer of code
>> in the wider scope of the entire kernel.
>>
>> I'm a student and there are fair chances I'll be free for this
>> summer so I start to think about applying.
>>
>> Are there currently some plans concerning other kernel areas?
> 
> These would be under the Linux Foundation umbrella, the wireless stuff
> I just posted is just for wireless. I do not believe we have a common
> forum yet for general linux stuff. Till?
> 
>> That doesn't mean I wouldn't be interested in a wireless project :)
>> but there are many other areas that could host a Gsoc project too
>> and I don't want to miss the whole variety of proposals.
> 
> The LF projects will be posted on the LF site.
> 
>> I guess we also can, as applying students, propose subjects too.
>> Provided we find a mentor for the given project, which makes the
>> things harder in this direction I fear.
> 
> I don't see why not.
> 
>> Anyway, what would be the right place to submit such proposals? I
>> have various ideas in mind, in topics such as tracing/profiling,
>> realtime, among other things... (could be: "Do as much bkl bashing
>> as you can in two months, have fun, be brave...").
> 
> I'll let Till answer :D
> 
>   Luis
> 

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