Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:11:18 +0100 | From | "Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz" <> | Subject | Re: Free Linux Driver Development! |
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On 1/31/07, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 02:13:40AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 11:10:20AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:45:50AM -0800, Roland Dreier wrote: > > >... > > > > And there are plenty of documented devices that no one cares enough > > > > about to submit a driver for. > > > > > > Any specific examples? I have a long list of people who wish to write > > > new drivers but just don't know which hardware is not yet supported. > > >... > > > > Wrinting a driver for shiny new hardware is cool. > > > > But understanding and maintaining an already existing driver and working > > on bug reports for this driver is something not-so-cool that would be > > required in many areas of the kernel. > > > > Would someone from your long list of people e.g. be willing to maintain > > drivers/block/floppy.c ? > > 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? > > :) > > Seriously, if you need help with something like this, bring it up on the > kernel-janitors list, there are lots of people there that are willing to > help out with stuff like long-term maintenance and bug fixing but don't > know where to start.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org
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