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

[Amit Kumar]

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, 7:28 AM <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:07:11 -0000, 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 adding new features to btrfs, all you need is any system that
> can support a network connection or a disk.
>
> But if you're trying to cram a Linux kernel onto specific new hardware,
> how are you going to test the drivers without at least access to the
> hardware?
> You may not need the hardware yourself, but at the very least you will need
> somebody who *does* have the hardware and is willing/able to test for you.
>

Thank you for your reply.

I'm able to send patch using sendmail and git, which you have seen
yesterday "initest".
I'm able to apply patch using git-am.  But I am unable to setup mutt to
download patch
from this emailid.
How to setup mutt to download patches?

> --

Regards,
Amit Kumar
Twitter: @freeark1
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