I need help on helping :-)

[Peter Senna]

Dear list,

I'm focused on Kernel Development and I want to help. But I do not
know how to start.

I know C, and basics of Kernel Internals. I can play with: modules,
syscalls, kernel threads, read and write locking and data structures
like Kernel implementation of linked lists.

What is the path to start helping? To me it would be wonderful to act
like a trainee having tasks to do but with someone who can answer my
questions during the solution.

Thank you,

Peter

[Niels de Vos]

On 3 Mar 2012 14:02, "Peter Senna Tschudin"  wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm focused on Kernel Development and I want to help. But I do not
> know how to start.
>
> I know C, and basics of Kernel Internals. I can play with: modules,
> syscalls, kernel threads, read and write locking and data structures
> like Kernel implementation of linked lists.
>
> What is the path to start helping? To me it would be wonderful to act
> like a trainee having tasks to do but with someone who can answer my
> questions during the solution.

I suggest you look at the projects on http://kernelnewbies.org/ , I think
that is exactly what you are looking for?

Good luck,
Niels
> Thank you,
>
> Peter
>
> --
> Peter Senna Tschudin
> [e-mail]
> gpg id: 48274C36
> _______________________________________________
> kernel mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel

[Peter Senna]

Neils,

http://kernelnewbies.org/ is not being updated for some time. It is
good source of informantion and good mailing list but the site does
not appear to be actively updated.

I'm looking for mentoring to complete tasks "like" the one referred at:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781749

I have the time and the will to do tasks like work on Hibernate code
but I need mentoring to be able to complete the task, mainly in the
first steps.

The original idea is not to start with a complex task like Hibernate,
but it still looks interesting to me.

Peter

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Niels de Vos  wrote:
> On 3 Mar 2012 14:02, "Peter Senna Tschudin"  wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I'm focused on Kernel Development and I want to help. But I do not
> > know how to start.
> >
> > I know C, and basics of Kernel Internals. I can play with: modules,
> > syscalls, kernel threads, read and write locking and data structures
> > like Kernel implementation of linked lists.
> >
> > What is the path to start helping? To me it would be wonderful to act
> > like a trainee having tasks to do but with someone who can answer my
> > questions during the solution.
>
> I suggest you look at the projects on http://kernelnewbies.org/ , I think
> that is exactly what you are looking for?
>
> Good luck,
> Niels
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > --
> > Peter Senna Tschudin
> > [e-mail]
> > gpg id: 48274C36
> > _______________________________________________
> > kernel mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel

[Niels de Vos]

Hi Peter,

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
 wrote:
> Neils,
>
> http://kernelnewbies.org/ is not being updated for some time. It is
> good source of informantion and good mailing list but the site does
> not appear to be actively updated.
>
> I'm looking for mentoring to complete tasks "like" the one referred at:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781749
>
> I have the time and the will to do tasks like work on Hibernate code
> but I need mentoring to be able to complete the task, mainly in the
> first steps.
>
> The original idea is not to start with a complex task like Hibernate,
> but it still looks interesting to me.

Maybe you received other replies off-list, but in case you did not, I
would do something like this:
1. subscribe to http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
2. send an introduction email like the one you sent here
3. lurk on the list, and ask interesting questions
4. offer to help testing some patches and improve them where you can

If someone is sending patches (that may need testing), they are
normally keen on getting feedback. Any testing/reviewing you can do
will help and ask the posters if you have questions about it.

Good luck,
Niels
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Niels de Vos  wrote:
> > On 3 Mar 2012 14:02, "Peter Senna Tschudin"  wrote:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > I'm focused on Kernel Development and I want to help. But I do not
> > > know how to start.
> > >
> > > I know C, and basics of Kernel Internals. I can play with: modules,
> > > syscalls, kernel threads, read and write locking and data structures
> > > like Kernel implementation of linked lists.
> > >
> > > What is the path to start helping? To me it would be wonderful to act
> > > like a trainee having tasks to do but with someone who can answer my
> > > questions during the solution.
> >
> > I suggest you look at the projects on http://kernelnewbies.org/ , I think
> > that is exactly what you are looking for?
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Niels
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > --
> > > Peter Senna Tschudin
> > > [e-mail]
> > > gpg id: 48274C36
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > kernel mailing list
> > > [e-mail]
> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
>
> --
> Peter Senna Tschudin
> [e-mail]
> gpg id: 48274C36
> _______________________________________________
> kernel mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel

[Peter Senna]

Thank you!

On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Niels de Vos  wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Peter Senna Tschudin
>  wrote:
> > Neils,
> >
> > http://kernelnewbies.org/ is not being updated for some time. It is
> > good source of informantion and good mailing list but the site does
> > not appear to be actively updated.
> >
> > I'm looking for mentoring to complete tasks "like" the one referred at:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781749
> >
> > I have the time and the will to do tasks like work on Hibernate code
> > but I need mentoring to be able to complete the task, mainly in the
> > first steps.
> >
> > The original idea is not to start with a complex task like Hibernate,
> > but it still looks interesting to me.
>
> Maybe you received other replies off-list, but in case you did not, I
> would do something like this:
> subscribe to http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
> send an introduction email like the one you sent here
> lurk on the list, and ask interesting questions
> offer to help testing some patches and improve them where you can
>
> If someone is sending patches (that may need testing), they are
> normally keen on getting feedback. Any testing/reviewing you can do
> will help and ask the posters if you have questions about it.
>
> Good luck,
> Niels
> > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Niels de Vos  wrote:
> > > On 3 Mar 2012 14:02, "Peter Senna Tschudin"  wrote:
> > > > Dear list,
> > > >
> > > > I'm focused on Kernel Development and I want to help. But I do not
> > > > know how to start.
> > > >
> > > > I know C, and basics of Kernel Internals. I can play with: modules,
> > > > syscalls, kernel threads, read and write locking and data structures
> > > > like Kernel implementation of linked lists.
> > > >
> > > > What is the path to start helping? To me it would be wonderful to act
> > > > like a trainee having tasks to do but with someone who can answer my
> > > > questions during the solution.
> > >
> > > I suggest you look at the projects on http://kernelnewbies.org/ , I think
> > > that is exactly what you are looking for?
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > > Niels
> > > > Thank you,
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Peter Senna Tschudin
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > gpg id: 48274C36
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > kernel mailing list
> > > > [e-mail]
> > > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
> >
> > --
> > Peter Senna Tschudin
> > [e-mail]
> > gpg id: 48274C36
> > _______________________________________________
> > kernel mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel