* How to track the source tree of kernel
@ 2022-05-18 14:47 chen.mingzheng
2022-05-18 15:17 ` Greg KH
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From: chen.mingzheng @ 2022-05-18 14:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
Hi Guys,
Sorry to bother you all. I'm just starting learning linux with a rpi4b.
I found the raspi source tree have many branches, which are different
from the kernel source tree, which also have many branches. I want to
know how should I track the source code. should I track all branches
from the remote repo, or just stick to a specific branch? How did you do
so that you can catch up to lastest kernel?
Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
A Linux newbies.
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* Re: How to track the source tree of kernel
2022-05-18 14:47 How to track the source tree of kernel chen.mingzheng
@ 2022-05-18 15:17 ` Greg KH
2022-05-19 11:14 ` 陈 明政
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From: Greg KH @ 2022-05-18 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: chen.mingzheng; +Cc: kernelnewbies
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:47:59PM +0800, chen.mingzheng wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Sorry to bother you all. I'm just starting learning linux with a rpi4b. I
> found the raspi source tree have many branches, which are different from the
> kernel source tree, which also have many branches. I want to know how should
> I track the source code. should I track all branches from the remote repo,
> or just stick to a specific branch? How did you do so that you can catch up
> to lastest kernel?
It all depends on what you want to do as to what tree/branch to work off
of and to track.
So, what exactly do you want to do?
thanks,
greg k-h
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* Re: How to track the source tree of kernel
2022-05-18 15:17 ` Greg KH
@ 2022-05-19 11:14 ` 陈 明政
2022-05-19 14:53 ` Fox Chen
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From: 陈 明政 @ 2022-05-19 11:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg KH, kernelnewbies
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Hi Greg,
Sorry for the late reply, and the rude action before. I' m not quite familiar with the email rules, I will pay attention to it.
What I'm trying to do is to become a kernel developer, especially a driver developer. Maybe this is a more general object and lacks of clear steps. So I want to learn about the work flow ofkernel development to decompose the object.
And, I think, maybe the first step is to catch up with a branch of kernel source, for which I setup a raspi to track the kernel source daily with the help of crontab, and compile the kernel when there is a new commit and send an email to get a notification. Next, I should develop on the specific branch, and learn how to submit a patch to kernel.
But now, I'm confused that there so many branches in linux kernel source and other linux distribution source such as raspberrypi/linux.git, and I only know about how to submit a patch to kernel from kernel documents or kernelnewbies or other websites. Can I just work on a specific platform and submit a patch to kernel?
I currently work on i.mx6 platform and have a raspi4b for learning. Based on the linux SDK from board supplier, l developed some camera drivers. The SDK contains a dirty 4.1.15 kernel source, a uboot, anda prebuild rootfs archive. and the SDK is not controlled by a git, it's just an archive.
Supposed now, I know how to submit a patch to which branch, is therep any tests need to be run before I submit? or is there a requirement for writing a test program to test my driver first?
Could you give me some advices on what should I do next, or is l going toward a wrong direction?
Thanks in advance,
chen.
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发件人: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
发送时间: 2022年5月18日星期三 23:17
收件人: chen.mingzheng <chen.mingzheng@outlook.com>
抄送: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
主题: Re: How to track the source tree of kernel
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:47:59PM +0800, chen.mingzheng wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Sorry to bother you all. I'm just starting learning linux with a rpi4b. I
> found the raspi source tree have many branches, which are different from the
> kernel source tree, which also have many branches. I want to know how should
> I track the source code. should I track all branches from the remote repo,
> or just stick to a specific branch? How did you do so that you can catch up
> to lastest kernel?
It all depends on what you want to do as to what tree/branch to work off
of and to track.
So, what exactly do you want to do?
thanks,
greg k-h
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* Re: How to track the source tree of kernel
2022-05-19 11:14 ` 陈 明政
@ 2022-05-19 14:53 ` Fox Chen
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From: Fox Chen @ 2022-05-19 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 陈 明政; +Cc: Greg KH, kernelnewbies
Hi,
On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 7:15 PM 陈 明政 <chen.mingzheng@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> Sorry for the late reply, and the rude action before. I' m not quite familiar with the email rules, I will pay attention to it.
>
> What I'm trying to do is to become a kernel developer, especially a driver developer. Maybe this is a more general object and lacks of clear steps. So I want to learn about the work flow ofkernel development to decompose the object.
>
> And, I think, maybe the first step is to catch up with a branch of kernel source, for which I setup a raspi to track the kernel source daily with the help of crontab, and compile the kernel when there is a new commit and send an email to get a notification. Next, I should develop on the specific branch, and learn how to submit a patch to kernel.
>
> But now, I'm confused that there so many branches in linux kernel source and other linux distribution source such as raspberrypi/linux.git, and I only know about how to submit a patch to kernel from kernel documents or kernelnewbies or other websites. Can I just work on a specific platform and submit a patch to kernel?
>
> I currently work on i.mx6 platform and have a raspi4b for learning. Based on the linux SDK from board supplier, l developed some camera drivers. The SDK contains a dirty 4.1.15 kernel source, a uboot, anda prebuild rootfs archive. and the SDK is not controlled by a git, it's just an archive.
>
> Supposed now, I know how to submit a patch to which branch, is therep any tests need to be run before I submit? or is there a requirement for writing a test program to test my driver first?
>
> Could you give me some advices on what should I do next, or is l going toward a wrong direction?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> chen.
>
This course may be helpful for you to clear things up.
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/a-beginners-guide-to-linux-kernel-development-lfd103
thanks,
fox
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