Re: Rewriting floppy.c was Re: Free Linux Driver Development!
When you say newbie? Do you mean coding newbie? Or... just someone who
hasn't done a driver before?
either way I'd like to be somewhat involved in the process so I see how
things are done.
--martin
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> What? Throw a fresh-faced newbie instantly into the tar-pit of despair
>> that floppy.c is? Do you want everyone just to run screaming from
>> kernel development never to be seen again?
>
> Doing a from-scratch rewrite of floppy.c only supporting new
> hardware and no obscure formats ("newfloppy.c") would be an excellent
> newbie project imho. This means for someone who is still pretty
> new, but wants to get their fingers wet with more complicated changes.
>
> Then over time (old-)floppy.c could be phased out.
>
> If anybody is interested...? (non newbies would be welcome too of course)
>
> -Andi
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Re: Rewriting floppy.c was Re: Free Linux Driver Development!
When you say newbie? Do you mean coding newbie? Or... just someone who hasn't done a driver before? either way I'd like to be somewhat involved in the process so I see how things are done. --martin Andi Kleen wrote: Greg KH [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What? Throw a fresh-faced newbie instantly into the tar-pit of despair that floppy.c is? Do you want everyone just to run screaming from kernel development never to be seen again? Doing a from-scratch rewrite of floppy.c only supporting new hardware and no obscure formats (newfloppy.c) would be an excellent newbie project imho. This means for someone who is still pretty new, but wants to get their fingers wet with more complicated changes. Then over time (old-)floppy.c could be phased out. If anybody is interested...? (non newbies would be welcome too of course) -Andi - 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/ - 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/
Re: Happy Birthday to Our Fearless Leader
Happy Birthday to the leader of the penguins ;) Since Linus can't necessarily hear us, lets all type in harmony. "For he's a jolly good fellow..." Loye Young wrote: > Be it remembered that on the 28th day of December in the year of our Lord > 1969, there was born in the town of Helsinki, Finland, Linus Benedict > Torvalds. > > Long live the king. > > - > 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/ - 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/
Re: Happy Birthday to Our Fearless Leader
Happy Birthday to the leader of the penguins ;) Since Linus can't necessarily hear us, lets all type in harmony. For he's a jolly good fellow... Loye Young wrote: Be it remembered that on the 28th day of December in the year of our Lord 1969, there was born in the town of Helsinki, Finland, Linus Benedict Torvalds. Long live the king. - 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/ - 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/
