On 7/19/05, Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/18/05, regatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I want to join the Kernel community and help in developing Linux > > kernel, I'm good in C,Perl and not that good in C++ > > > The kernel is written in (mainly) C and (a little bit of) asm, no C++ in > there. > > > is there any How-To page in how to help or how to join ? since I want > > to start in basic things > > > A few things you should do : > [snip]
A few things I forgot to mention in the first mail. You can also help out by testing the development kernels - they need testing by as many people as possible, so start testing the -rc kernels and the daily git snapshots as well as the -mm kernels. Test if they build with your usual configuration, test if they build with "allnoconfig", "allyesconfig", "allmodconfig" and perhaps a random config or two. Test if they boot OK, if they run OK for a longer time, etc. When you find a problem you can try to fix the issue yourself and send a patch to both the mailinglist and the person responsible for the code in question. If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, then send a detailed bugreport to the list and the person responsible for the code. Take a look at the REPORTING-BUGS file in the kernel source dir and the Documentation/BUG-HUNTING file. Helping to test pre-release kernels is a valuable effort. Run a new kernel daily :-) -- Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please http://www.expita.com/nomime.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/