one thing at a time

Nick Krause xerofoify at gmail.com
Tue Aug 19 00:25:39 EDT 2014


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Nick Krause <xerofoify at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
I am working on btrfs for now. :) Thanks for the advice Rik.
Cheers Nick



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