one thing at a time

Nick Krause xerofoify at gmail.com
Mon Aug 18 22:59:05 EDT 2014


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:55 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Rik van Riel <riel at surriel.com> wrote:
>> On 08/18/2014 01:13 PM, Nick Krause wrote:
>>> Valdis,
>>> I was interested in both at the same time, just asked about Beagle-boards first.
>>> I aren't having any difficulty with it , I just wanted to known more about this
>>> area as the docs out there are terrible and not worth reading on this part of
>>> the networking stack.
>> Nick,
>>
>> the Linux kernel requires a lot of focus.
>>
>> I have no doubt that you are smart enough to learn
>> things about the Linux kernel, but nobody is smart
>> enough to learn everything at once. Nobody.
>>
>> If you are serious about learning Linux kernel internals,
>> it would be good to focus on one thing at a time.
>>
>> One thing. Learn everything about it, before moving on
>> to the next topic.
>>
>> Kernel hacking is much more about attitude than about
>> aptitude. Focus is the key.
>>
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> Absolutely, I am trying to learn btrfs and networking for now.
> Cheers Nick
My issue now is that due to my issues I can't mail the right list for being
banned for my questions. If someone wants to talk to the other developers
about removing the ban that would be great and very helpful as I can my
questions to the right maintainers/developers.
Cheers Nick



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