Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f215.google.com ([209.85.220.215]:46086 "EHLO mail-fx0-f215.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753820Ab0A1Xlp (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:41:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:41:43 +0100 From: Frederic Weisbecker To: Greg KH Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , linux-wireless , Till Kamppeter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, lsb-discuss@lists.linux-foundation.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: Linux wireless GSoC 2010 project ideas Message-ID: <20100128234142.GI18683@nowhere> References: <43e72e891001281338u5f05307ble5360c3dac6ab9a2@mail.gmail.com> <20100128231545.GH18683@nowhere> <43e72e891001281523s56707279x896ab059e6d4e530@mail.gmail.com> <20100128233150.GB31884@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20100128233150.GB31884@kroah.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:31:50PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 03:23:15PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Frederic Weisbecker 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? > > Traditionally, PSU (Portland State University) handles a number of Linux > kernel related projects for GSoC due to the Linux kernel developers who > are mentors for them, and the faculty who are very clued into the kernel > and x.org and general open source development. > > Also, the way that PSU handles the projects, is it relies on the > students to propose the projects, not the other way around. Due to > that, the success rate is very high as people do not generally propose > things that they do not have some kind of interest in :) > > So if you have a kernel related project you wish to do, feel free to > submit it to the PSU group. > > thanks, Ah, good to know. Noted, thanks!