New member queries..

[Greg Freemyer]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Sarah Sharp
<sarah.a.sharp at linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 01:16:43PM +0530, shampavman.cg wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I'm new to linux kernel development (only a few hrs old i may say). I've
>> been working with the solaris kernel from the past year and now would
>> like to concentrate on linux as well.
>> "My area of expertise is Filesystems".
>>
>> Here are a few things i would like to know from you guys.
>> 1.) I've looked at the bugzilla pages, how do i choose a bite sized bug
>> to start with? (Is there such a concept at all?)
>
> Not really.  Most Linux kernel developers don't keep track of their
> byte-sized bugs in bugzilla.  Most just keep them in their heads and
> don't have time to share.
>
>> 2.) I looked at kernelJanitors page as well hoping to find info but
>> nothing much there .
>>
>> Can anyone help me get started?
>
> You might try joining the various filesystem mailing lists and watching
> the traffic to see where the current areas of work are:
>
> http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html
>
> For example, I see the lists ecryptfs, linux-btrfs, linux-cifs,
> linux-fsdevel, linux-nfs, linux-xfs, and linux-ext4.
>
> I would suggest working on either ext4 or btrfs.  B-tree FS (or btrfs)
> is one of the newer filesystems, and it needs a lot more work than, say,
> nfs.  Ted T'so is the maintainer for ext4, and Chris Mason is the
> maintainer for btrfs.  Emailing them to find out what tasks need to be
> done would be a good start.
>
> Sarah Sharp

marc.info is a great repository of the various LKML posts.

I quick search for ext4 todo found this "Relatively simple ext4 todo item":

http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=128294436026631&w=2

It's a couple months old, but I don't see a reply in marc.info, so
likely no one picked it up.

Greg
Greg