Re: Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Amit Kumar
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 7:28 AM wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -, Amit Kumar said: > > > Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel > > development? > > That *really* depends on exactly what part of the kernel the developer is > working on.

Re: Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -, Amit Kumar said: > Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel > development? That *really* depends on exactly what part of the kernel the developer is working on. If you're monkeying with the IPv6 code in the networking stack, or

Does a kernel developer need a hardware to do kernel development?

2016-09-30 Thread Amit Kumar
Hi, (1) I want to work on staging drivers. But I've two questions, Does a kernel developer need a hardware (e.g. board) to do kernel development? (2) I'm able to send patch using sendmail and git. I'm able to apply patch using git-am. But unable to setup mutt to download patch from this emailid.