Linux Kernel: Mining for Maintainers Mentorship Tasks

Linux Kernel: Mining for Maintainers Mentorship Tasks

[Utkarsh Verma]

I am interested in the Mining Maintainers mentorship program and I would like to work on the tasks for the mentee selection.
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Re: Linux Kernel: Mining for Maintainers Mentorship Tasks

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 8:54 AM Utkarsh Verma <utkarshverma294@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am interested in the Mining Maintainers mentorship program and I would like to work on the tasks for the mentee selection.


The zeroth task is to learn suitable netiquette for the communication with

the kernel community. Below are some basic rules and pointers for this
mentorship. More information on kernel netiquette is also at
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette.

First, please do not top-post.


    A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right.
    Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?

    A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
    Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?

    A: The lost context.
    Q: What makes top-posted replies harder to read than bottom-posted?

    A: Yes.
    Q: Should I trim down the quoted part of an email to which I'm replying?

Second, please always CC: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org.

Third, set up your email client according to the kernel community rules.
Here is some information to that:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#no-mime-no-links-no-compression-no-attachments-just-plain-text
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/email-clients.html

Generally more information on submitting patches and responding on
replies is at https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html

Once the zeroth task is understood, you can now move on to the first task:

First, download the kernel git repository and compile the kernel with
the x86-defconfig build configuration.

There is a file called MAINTAINERS in the root directory of the git
repository. Read the introduction at the beginning of the MAINTAINERS
file and understand the content in the file and its organisation.

Explain in your words: What is stored in the MAINTAINERS file?

Now, search for specific MAINTAINER entries; Please answer: Who are
the maintainers and reviewers of the following sections?

EDAC-SBRIDGE
EROFS FILE SYSTEM
INTERRUPT COUNTER DRIVER
MARVELL MV643XX ETHERNET DRIVER
MSI LAPTOP SUPPORT
PCI DRIVER FOR ALTERA PCIE IP
SECO BOARDS CEC DRIVER
SOEKRIS NET48XX LED SUPPORT
TOPSTAR LAPTOP EXTRAS DRIVER
TTY LAYER


Please let us know about your answers and always send your responses
to the linux-kernel-mentees mailing list. After that first exercise,
exercises 2 and 3 will follow.


Best regards,

Lukas
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Re: Linux Kernel: Mining for Maintainers Mentorship Tasks

[Utkarsh Verma]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 06:41:45AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> 
> First, download the kernel git repository and compile the kernel with
> the x86-defconfig build configuration.

I successfully cloned the Linus's Kernel repository and compiled and
installed the kernel on a virtual machine.
$ uname -a
Linux uver-laptop-vm 5.14.0-rc2-mining-maintainers-mentorship #1 SMP Tue Jul 20 14:46:26 IST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


> There is a file called MAINTAINERS in the root directory of the git
> repository. Read the introduction at the beginning of the MAINTAINERS
> file and understand the content in the file and its organisation.
> 
> Explain in your words: What is stored in the MAINTAINERS file?

The MAINTAINERS file consists of 3 parts:

1) First section consists of tips that one should follow for submitting
the patches.

2) Second section consists of the description of the abbreviations used
in the file.

3) Third section contains the details about the subsystems like the
names of the maintainers, reviewers, mailing list etc of the subsystems.


> Now, search for specific MAINTAINER entries; Please answer: Who are
> the maintainers and reviewers of the following sections?
> 
> EDAC-SBRIDGE
Maintainer: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Reviewer: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@intel.com>

> EROFS FILE SYSTEM
Maintainers: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Reviewer: NA

> INTERRUPT COUNTER DRIVER
Maintainer: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Reviewer: Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@pengutronix.de>

> MARVELL MV643XX ETHERNET DRIVER
Maintainer: Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@gmail.com>
Reviewer: NA
Although the maintainer seems to not be active.

> MSI LAPTOP SUPPORT
Maintainer: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@suse.com>
Reviewer: NA

> PCI DRIVER FOR ALTERA PCIE IP
Maintainer: Joyce Ooi <joyce.ooi@intel.com>
Reviewer: NA

> SECO BOARDS CEC DRIVER
Maintainer: Ettore Chimenti <ek5.chimenti@gmail.com>
Reviewer: NA

> SOEKRIS NET48XX LED SUPPORT
Maintainer: Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>
Reviewer: NA
Although the driver seems to be old and outdated. Also the maintainer
isn't active.

> TOPSTAR LAPTOP EXTRAS DRIVER
Maintainer: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@canonical.com>
Reviewer: NA
Although the driver seems to be old and the maintainer isn't active.

> TTY LAYER
Maintainers: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
             Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Reviewer: NA


> Please let us know about your answers and always send your responses
> to the linux-kernel-mentees mailing list. After that first exercise,
> exercises 2 and 3 will follow.
> 


Thanks and Regards,

Utkarsh Verma
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