Re: make menuconfig and make j$(nproc) throwing errors

2022-02-23 Thread Greg KH
On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 10:58:45PM -0500, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote: > And I tried to build without make menuconfig and make is telling me I > need 'bison' ? Why do I need bison ? Since when > did we need bison ? See below for details. > > aruna@debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$

Re: How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel?

2022-02-23 Thread Sebastian Fricke
Hey Rogério, On 23.02.2022 17:24, Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva wrote: Hi, Kernelnewbies subscribers! How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel, as a person who has never contributed before? Similar questions have already been asked quite a bit on this mailing list, I would advise

make menuconfig and make j$(nproc) throwing errors

2022-02-23 Thread Aruna Hewapathirane
Hi, I am trying to compile the 5.16.10 kernel and make menuconfig throws this error below: aruna@debian:/media/aruna/linux-next/home/linux-5.16.10$ make menuconfig HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/mconf /usr/bin/ld: scripts/kconfig/confdata.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be

How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel?

2022-02-23 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
Hi, Kernelnewbies subscribers! How do I start contributing to the Linux kernel, as a person who has never contributed before? I have 3.5 years of experience in writing C code, 2.5 years in GNU/Linux (command line and programming, mostly), and 1 year in Git. But I've never written code for the

Re: Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies?

2022-02-23 Thread Ahmad Fatoum
Hi, On 21.02.22 00:35, Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva wrote: > Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies? I want to sign up > for it and I don't know what is required to sign up. I know I need an > e-mail address (I have one, otherwise I wouldn't be sending this) and a >

Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies?

2022-02-23 Thread Rogério Valentim Feitoza da Silva
Are there any requirements to sign up for Kernel Newbies? I want to sign up for it and I don't know what is required to sign up. I know I need an e-mail address (I have one, otherwise I wouldn't be sending this) and a password (which I will create when signing up), and optionally my name (which I