Re: Formula One Scheduler (was Re: Help with git)

2014-08-08 Thread Sudip Mukherjee
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 2:16 AM, Nick Krause wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Arlie Stephens wrote: >> On Aug 08 2014, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >>> There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on >>> a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit

Re: Formula One Scheduler (was Re: Help with git)

2014-08-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:28:45 -0700, Arlie Stephens said: > On Aug 08 2014, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on > > a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit and make tuning > > suggestions that actually help t

Re: Formula One Scheduler (was Re: Help with git)

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Arlie Stephens wrote: > On Aug 08 2014, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >> There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on >> a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit and make tuning >> suggestions that actually help the pe

Formula One Scheduler (was Re: Help with git)

2014-08-08 Thread Arlie Stephens
On Aug 08 2014, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on > a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit and make tuning > suggestions that actually help the performance. > > And yes, there's *that* big a gap between th

Re: Reading Code

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Pol wrote: > Well, seems like you have to also learn to google, since I found the answer > to all your questions within seconds. > > Pol > > > > On 08.8.14 21:16, Nick Krause wrote: >> >> For the last few days , I have been reading the code for do_fork and >> other

Re: Reading Code

2014-08-08 Thread Pol Eyschen
Well, seems like you have to also learn to google, since I found the answer to all your questions within seconds. Pol On 08.8.14 21:16, Nick Krause wrote: > For the last few days , I have been reading the code for do_fork and > other parts of the scheduler code. > As most of the developers feel

Re: Reading Code

2014-08-08 Thread Pol Eyschen
Well, seems like you have to also learn to google, since I found the answer to all your questions within seconds. Pol On 08.8.14 21:16, Nick Krause wrote: > For the last few days , I have been reading the code for do_fork and > other parts of the scheduler code. > As most of the developers feel

Reading Code

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
For the last few days , I have been reading the code for do_fork and other parts of the scheduler code. As most of the developers feel this is in my best interest. I do however have a few questions about the code for the function, schedule. 1. In task struct we have this one defined if needed 1481

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Kristofer Hallin
Thinking about the same thing. This list is not interesting any more. On 8 Aug 2014 20:28, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > On Fri, 8 Aug 2014, Kristofer Hallin wrote: > > > This list is now discussing Nick's problems all the time and nothing > > else. > > more specifically, the list is now teaching

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:18:50 -0400, Nick Krause said: > Thanks for the notice , if there are any bugs that are simple for a > newbie on Linus's tree I would be glad to help out there. This isn't the kernel it was 8 or 10 years ago. There's not a lot of low-hanging fruit left - that's why the ker

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:37:25 -0400, Nick Krause said: > Would you mind asking Greg if he wants some help with staging clean up > as he is very upset with me after me > not listening and I own it to him to help help him out. No, what you owe him is to *SHUT THE HELL UP* and *DONT DO IT AGAIN* unti

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:53:50 -0400, Nick Krause said: > Then I am going to work on a few areas( still deciding where to specialize) > 1. Btrfs > 2. Scheduler > 3. F2FS > 4. Networking > 5. Drivers(mostly USB and Intel Graphics) Pick *one* thing. There's quite obviously a wide gap between your le

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Nick Krause wrote: >> Thanks Numo, >> Would you mind asking Greg if he wants some help with staging clean up >> as he is very upset with me after me >> not listening and I own it to him to help help him out. >>

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Kristofer Hallin
But still, the best thing for Nick to do is to stay away from patches, bugs, staging and whatnot for a long time. Try to learn before even considering sending patches. You are on the same track as before, you are trying to figure out how to send patches even if a lot of people have told you not to

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Greg Freemyer
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Nick Krause wrote: > Thanks Numo, > Would you mind asking Greg if he wants some help with staging clean up > as he is very upset with me after me > not listening and I own it to him to help help him out. > Cheers Nick Greg KH monitors kernelnewbies. Keep participa

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:39 PM, wrote: > On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:04:15 -0400, Nick Krause said: > >> 1.git branch next > > No, this should be (3) or so. You really want to 'git clone' linus's tree and > then 'git remote add' the linux-next tree before you do this. > > If you're new to git, do you

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:04:15 -0400, Nick Krause said: > 1.git branch next No, this should be (3) or so. You really want to 'git clone' linus's tree and then 'git remote add' the linux-next tree before you do this. If you're new to git, do yourself a favor, follow the directions, and just build

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Nuno Martins wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Nick Krause wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Nick Krause wrote: >> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM, wrote: >> >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:25:06 -0400, Nick Krause said: >> >> >> >>> 1. git

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Nuno Martins
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Nick Krause wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Nick Krause wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM, wrote: > >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:25:06 -0400, Nick Krause said: > >> > >>> 1. git clone linux-next > >> > >> Before you do the git add, you *really* w

Re: Help with git

2014-08-08 Thread Nick Krause
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Nick Krause wrote: > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:05 PM, wrote: >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:25:06 -0400, Nick Krause said: >> >>> 1. git clone linux-next >> >> Before you do the git add, you *really* want to create a branch for >> yourself to work on. >> >>> 2. git ad

Re: Usb module loading

2014-08-08 Thread selva
Just a info to any one taking the little penguin task, my mail was removed from the task because of posting of public domain. Do not post in public domain On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 03:15:20AM +, Little Penguin wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 09:24:00PM +0530, selva wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > >

Re: Usb module loading

2014-08-08 Thread selva
Hi all, Sorry for not remembering the rules, i will make the link inaccessible Thanks, Selvaraj ___ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies