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DateWed, 31 Jan 2007 08:18:02 -0800
FromMartin Seidl <>
SubjectRe: 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 <greg@kroah.com> 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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