From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: xerofoify@gmail.com (nick) Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 20:02:14 -0500 Subject: Port Newer Kernel to Android Device In-Reply-To: <151184.1424652916@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <54E96076.7060504@gmail.com> <113689.1424610255@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <8EC46ECC-876A-48A0-B89C-2C3F02D7ECC1@gmail.com> <128464.1424627164@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <151184.1424652916@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: <54EA7C16.6000301@gmail.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On 2015-02-22 07:55 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote: > On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:19:40 -0500, Nicholas Krause said: >> Validis, >> That was my concern. How much forward porting is required. > > That will depend on your actual skill level. That which is a long weekend's > work for a master kernel hacker will be several week's work for a journeyman, > a summer's project for a beginner, and impossible for a neophyte. > > But I will go out on a limb and say that if you've already gotten the > patch, looked at it, and still can't make even an estimate of how long it would > take you, you're probably not going to be able to do the porting. > Valdis, This is just a idea for now I haven't have the idea to look at making the porting patch(es) yet. Nick