On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:29:19 +0700, "901stt@gmail.com" said:

Hello all,

I am a newbie here. I'd like to contribute in architectures, kernel features, virtualization, and drivers parts, but I don't know where is a good way to start. I have looked for some advice but I have had a hard time to understand (Some advice is too general. Some used too old kernel versions, so I cannot catch up when reading the newer ones). I learned about OS, C language, and assembly language. I can configure and build the kernel. Would someone guide me where should I start? I appreciate for your helping.

One major challenge for newbies to the kernel is that over the past 5 years or so, large parts of the kernel have been overhauled by professional maintainers. As a result, it's rather hard for newbies to find places to contribute. For instance, with virtualization, it's hard for a newbie to contribute when the person who did the last overhaul of the VT-d support was (a) an experienced full-time hacker and (b) probably able to walk down the hall and ask the guy who designed the VT-d hardware how it works. ;)