From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95409C49ED7 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CC7F206C2 for ; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="PoAEK4vq" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 5CC7F206C2 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.92.2) (envelope-from ) id 1i9tKY-0006hK-5e; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:54:22 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-x535.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::535]) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92.2) (envelope-from ) id 1i8mae-0006Ou-HU for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:30:24 -0400 Received: by mail-pg1-x535.google.com with SMTP id u17so15344945pgi.6 for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:30:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9EHPf8eizXh8fYus8AQqvm80tDa6xLcvnLBw84dQuJA=; b=PoAEK4vqKJxUHpnXXMSHaLH24OCj+B5JfRp5jNSSwIfu1qXaYq8rZ2n7VCSSQnLABJ jHxprKaPDNOH/sys82wgrqnVdB3CEk90Er6VfcYPabcu5Qm+v4gOMHPNoJYp8DJzWAIX dGSdcyQXt3035ZAvzpAHWg77ZK578EVrcEv33xSPR7HXqqcVKd7NecfBND36I9yOqBYx UlpCz9fewGLGVzIt2z6E/0D5nIgrFYoqFflSQEmMd0nRao/pFFnbYFAtrkvWZ1kOvKmR MgN3TlyU7ozK6dJV5WctBW4MNc0J0YWXzd4GG0lnET9VtZPKCVp1TQN8ZDVHqQRxXxrj UTXQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=9EHPf8eizXh8fYus8AQqvm80tDa6xLcvnLBw84dQuJA=; b=srKqlgADmS1xwDI4Ae9nr+Jszf2X3u9IAlLMWsuTS5Ed4ZtQ0Yff2Oug9nmoHV/A82 puPHK/ecSDutozDzHXCsWcmWRUa/OCp5eCep/wHJn6gnpGSTbiGKOqStcsciHH1fUiqy Xu9IKtNVVpRWyetKJiiv6IjuapsF1vXI2ggib++nqNFxzAL5tyZgh3oSN7g+PCU4hxIB lRjFICjyMVclNbF4O101JdqGlZAcuZYufGkHhOFpraGS7w//Jq563h95x2IR8/1RTpLI 4iIjlCDr9Wh0e8Bl17SL9SV5oVdIH359FxbsAvZMjeXtz8tvfSjB8jiDMOSjnBSciQkF 3/2A== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWBPd8FMmqGoe52lRxfAd1GWf+dmULsc5B2KxR3HaPJOCbU2vbd P38XLROFq0vk7jl5ky2h1Ktb5dRqYt0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzC2LhaPYK6wwwqTFfur5CG6AAbsVbsrN16sOEiQC7OoPbIOqe+st2AJT3eR7K3lVy5e4WR3A== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:c587:: with SMTP id l7mr5372720pjt.25.1568384960904; Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SARKAR ([1.186.12.73]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c128sm18857248pfc.166.2019.09.13.07.29.19 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 19:59:16 +0530 From: Rohit Sarkar To: Julia Lawall Subject: Re: Queries of an aspiring kernel developer Message-ID: <20190913142916.GB309@SARKAR> References: <20190912142517.GA22751@SARKAR> <20190913132310.GQ20699@kadam> <20190913141935.GA309@SARKAR> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 11:50:46 -0400 Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter , kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 04:24:37PM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote: > > Dan's suggestions are fine. You may want to take a fairly recent driver > from staging (to check using git log) to be sure that the work has not > already been done by others. > > julia Sure, thanks julia. regards, Rohit _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies