Selecting a Linux Kernel Bug

Madper Xie cxie at redhat.com
Mon Mar 24 02:27:08 EDT 2014


sanjeev sharma <sanjeevsharmaengg at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Greg
>
> Where Kernel Bugs are getting tracked  ? so that open Bugs in Kernel can be
> looked.
>
Not very sure. maybe:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/describecomponents.cgi

I always report bugs to LKML or related mail-list. (E.g. Linux-efi)
So you'd better subscribe them.
> Regards
> Sanjeev Sharma
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 09:48:13PM +0530, Ashwin Jha wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi All,
>     >
>     > I am a first year graduate student at Indian Statistical Institute,
>     Kolkata,
>     > India. I have to do a small OS assignment. As I always wanted to
>     contribute to
>     > Linux, I am thinking of working on a Linux kernel bug or a new feature as
>     part
>     > of my assignment.
>     >
>     > I have never worked on Linux kernel before. So, I need some help for
>     selecting
>     > a bug or a feature that can be resolved in a month's time. The time
>     period is
>     > not strict but desired. What I really want is a problem that will help me
>     in
>     > building a good understanding of Linux kernel.
>
>     How about looking at drivers/staging/*/TODO ?  There's lots of things
>     there that need cleanups and help.
>
>     Good luck,
>
>     greg k-h
>
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