I am an embedded software engineer. I use Linux every day, and I appreciate its neatness and simplicity.
One day, I watched a video from Greg:
https://youtu.be/LLBrBBImJt4, and I started wondering if maybe I could contribute to the Linux kernel. So, I sent a very simple (and maybe stupid) patch to the community:
On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 04:54:38PM +0800, Qianqiang Liu wrote:
There is no need to add parentheses around 'devcode != 0x0000' and
'devcode != 0x9320'
Signed-off-by: Qianqiang Liu <qianqiang.liu@163.com>
---
drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c
index 0be7c2d51548..409b54cc562e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static int init_display(struct fbtft_par *par)
devcode = read_devicecode(par);
fbtft_par_dbg(DEBUG_INIT_DISPLAY, par, "Device code: 0x%04X\n",
devcode);
- if ((devcode != 0x0000) && (devcode != 0x9320))
+ if (devcode != 0x0000 && devcode != 0x9320)
dev_warn(par->info->device,
"Unrecognized Device code: 0x%04X (expected 0x9320)\n",
devcode);
--
2.39.2
It turns out that the patch was rejected.
So, my question is: how can I start contributing to the Linux kernel? Maybe I could start by fixing some small bugs?