On Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:53:50 -0400, Nick Krause said:
Then I am going to work on a few areas( still deciding where to specialize) 1. Btrfs 2. Scheduler 3. F2FS 4. Networking 5. Drivers(mostly USB and Intel Graphics)
Pick *one* thing. There's quite obviously a wide gap between your level of understanding of the code, and what's needed to actually be productive. Remember that most of those sections have already been worked on for *years* by dozens of very clever people who are *paid* to do that. There's a big difference between knowing how to change the spark plugs on a VW Beetle, and being able to walk into a Formula One pit and make tuning suggestions that actually help the performance. And yes, there's *that* big a gap between the usual beginner programmer and some parts of the kernel. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that there are more people in this world that really understand Formula One engines than people who really understand the Linux scheduler. :)
I think my issue with getting baned was mostly not listening and needing to learn git.