Hi Greg, I am a kernel newbie in the path to find an area where to contribute on. I have sent some patches before (simple ones) but I would like to find some driver to contribute on and if possible mantain in the future. Due to the big amount of drivers in staging, and my lack of experience and specific hardware: Are there any driver in the staging area that not requires specific hardware? I have only access to an old laptop with 4 processors: vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 37 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Can I find a driver to contribute on with my machine requirements? If yes, any advise to select one would be greatly appreciated. I would like to improve the driver until get it out from staging ;) And then maintain it. Another option for me if there are no drivers would be create one from zero. But I don't have any idea of useful driver. Any advise and ideas here would be also great appreciated. Thanks in advance. Regards, Len
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 04:45:15PM +0200, Len Baker wrote:
Hi Greg,
I am a kernel newbie in the path to find an area where to contribute on. I have sent some patches before (simple ones) but I would like to find some driver to contribute on and if possible mantain in the future. Due to the big amount of drivers in staging, and my lack of experience and specific hardware:
Are there any driver in the staging area that not requires specific hardware? I have only access to an old laptop with 4 processors:
I think all drivers in staging relate to real hardware, so I would recommend just buying one of the cheap devices for the drivers. I just purchased one of the USB wifi devices for under 20 euros, so it is possible. good luck! greg k-h
Hi Greg, On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 10:39:20AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 04:45:15PM +0200, Len Baker wrote:
Hi Greg,
I am a kernel newbie in the path to find an area where to contribute on. I have sent some patches before (simple ones) but I would like to find some driver to contribute on and if possible mantain in the future. Due to the big amount of drivers in staging, and my lack of experience and specific hardware:
Are there any driver in the staging area that not requires specific hardware? I have only access to an old laptop with 4 processors:
I think all drivers in staging relate to real hardware, so I would recommend just buying one of the cheap devices for the drivers. I just purchased one of the USB wifi devices for under 20 euros, so it is possible.
Ok, thank you very much for all the info and advices. Again, thanks for your time. Regards, Len
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