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security and embedded + expert in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) copyright and licensing + digital board-level hardware design, esp. embedded systems + active developer and contributor to many FOSS projects + thus, a techie, who will therefore not have fancy animated slides ;) + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the kernel community +Introduction + +What is my affiliation with VIA + First contact with VIA in Q3/2007 + I became VIA Open Source Liaison in July 2008 + In this role, I help the VIA Linux Committee, PM's and Engineers + to understand the Linux and Open Source world + to communicate with the Open Source world + to interface to Linux community concerns and take them to VIA + to get VIA on track for world-class Linux support + I percieve myself more as Linux person inside VIA, not VIA person in Linux ;) + Sorry: I am an expert on Linux, not [yet] on VIA's products + so please excuse me if I say something wrong about VIA hardware + + I don't speak for VIA, just for myself + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +What is Free Software? + + Software that is + available in source code + is licensed in a way to allow unlimited distribution + allows modifications, and distribution of modifications + is not freeware, but copyrighted work + subject to license conditions, like any proprietary software + READ THE LICENSE + +What is Open Source? + Practically speaking, not much difference + Remainder of this presentation will use the term FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +What is the FOSS Community? + + Diverse + any individual can contribute + no formal membership required + every project has it's own culture, rules, ... + International + the internet boasted FOSS development + very common to have developers from all continents closely working together + Evolutionary + developers come and go, as their time permits + projects evolve over time, based on individual contributions + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Development Process + + "Rough concensus and running code" + Decisions made by technically most skilled people + Reputation based hierarchy + Direct Communication between developers + Not driven by size of a target market + Release early, release often + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +FOSS Community likes + + generic solutions + portable code + vendor-independent architecture + clean code (coding style!) + open standards + good technical documentation + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +FOSS Community dislikes + + monopolistic structures + e.g. intel-centrism + closed 'industry forums' with rediculous fees + e.g. Infiniband, SD Card Association + standard documents that cost rediculous fees + NDA's, if they prevent development of FOSS + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +The "Linux" System + + + What is a so-called Linux system + The Linux operating system kernel + The X.org X11 windowing system + Various non-graphical system-level software + A variety of different desktop systems (KDE, Gnome) + A variety of GUI programs + + In reality, this is a "Linux Distribution" + sometimes referred to as "GNU/Linux System" + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Entities in the Linux system + + + Free Software projects and their developers + So-called "Distributors" who create "Distributions" + Contributors + Users + Vendors of proprietary Linux software + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +FOSS Projects + + + Free Software projects and their developers + Linux Kernel, Xorg, KDE, Gnome, Apache, Samba + + Role + Development of the individual program + Very focused on their individual project + Portability and flexibility usually main concern + Interact based on practical neccessity + + Usually they just provide source code, no object code + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Distributions + + + Distributions (both commercial and community based) + Debian, Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora, RedHat, Mandriva, ... + + Role + Aggregate thousands of individual FOSS programs + Find stable and compatible versions of those programs + Do 'software system integration' + Offer bianary software packages and installation media + Offer (security) updates to their users + Offer free/best effort or commercial support for professional users + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Contributors + + + Contributors + are people not part of a specific development team + usually "very active users" of a particular program + + Role + find / document / fix bugs that they find themselves + contribute bug reports, documentation or code + participate in discussion on features or problems + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Collaborative Software Development + + + How do projects communicate internally + Very rarely in physical meetings (people live too far apart) + Very rarely in phone conferences (people live in different timezones) + It's almost entirely text-based (e-mails, sometimes chat system) + + Mailing Lists + Usually every project has at least one list + Often there are separate lists for developers and users + Participation in the mailing list (reading and posting) open to anyone + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Collaborative Software Development + + + Project Management / Decision making + usually there's a small group (coreteam) or one leader + he is often the creator of the program, or it's maintainer + he has the final say in what is accepted or not + larger projects have 'subsystem maintainers' with delegated authority + so quite often, the structure is more hierarchical than people believe + rough concensus and running code + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux and binary compatibility + + + Linux and binary compatibility + Drivers usually run inside the OS kernel + Linux doesn't have any stable kernel-internal ABI + Linux doesn't even have stable kernel-internal API + Only the ABI to userspace is stable/fixed + + Thus, every minor Linux release can break in-kernel ABI+API + This is why binary-only drivers simply don't work! + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux and binary compatibility + + + I still don't believe! Why not binary-only drivers + because every distribution has a different base kernel revision + because every distribution can change their kernel version e.g. as part of a security update + users will end up in incompatibility nightmare + so please, don't do it. It will never work for the majority of your users + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Implications for Hardware Vendors + + + Implications for Hardware Vendors + Users are used to get all software from the distribution + They are not used to separate vendor-provided driver CD's + Thus, drivers need to be in the distribution + Goal: getting drivers into the distrubution + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Implications for Hardware Vendors + + + How to get drivers into distributions? + You can talk directly to the distributions + But: Their code architecture/style requirements are high + But: Many of them do not accept binary-only drivers + But: There are many, many distributions. + Linux is only a certain portion of the market + Every distribution is only a small portion of the portion + Thus, new goal: Get your drivers in the mainline project + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Implications for Hardware Vendors + + + Getting drivers in the mainline project + ensures that all distributions will pick up the driver + ensures out-of-the box support of your hardware on all distributions + ensures best user experience + ensures least internal R&D resources + no need to provide binaries for 3 versions of 5 distributions + no need to constantly try to catch up with distribution kernel updates + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Windows driver development model + + + MS defines stable APIs and ABIs for drivers and releases SDK (DDK) + All interfaces are specified by a single entity + The interface between driver and OS core is designed as binary interface + Hardware vendors develop drivers for their hardware component + Hardware vendors compile and package drivers for their hardware component + Hardware vendors sell bundle of hardware and software driver (object code) + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model + + + A community-driven process creates in-kernel driver API's + Drivers are written against those APIs + Drivers are submitted to the kernel developes for inclusion into the OS source tree + Because all (good) drivers are inside one singe source tree, OS developers can (and will) refine the APIs whenever apropriate + There are no stable in-kernel API's, and especially no stable in-kernel ABI's + Linux development community releases kernel source code + Hardware vendor sells hardware only. The Windows driver CD is unused. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model + + + Without proper support from HW vendor, Most hardware drivers are developed by people inside that community + sadly most of them have no relation to the HW manufacturer + even more sadly, many of them have to work without or with insufficient documentation (reverse engineering) + + Good HW vendors understand this and support Linux properly! + + Linux is a big market by now + Servers + Embedded devices (est. > 40% of all wifi/dsl router + NAS appliances) + Increasingly popular on the Desktop + Recently: Netbooks + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model, bad case timeline + + + Hardware vendor produces and ships hardware + Users end up getting that hardware without any Linux support + Somebody will start a driver and inquire about HW docs + Hardware vendor doesn't release docs + If hardware is popular enough, somebody will start reverse engineering and driver deevlopment + With some luck, the driver is actually useable or even finished before the HW product is EOL + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model, good case timeline #1 + + + Hardware vendor starts Linux driver development for new HW during HW R&D + Hardware vendor submits Linux driver for review / inclusion into mainline Linux kernel before HW ships + User installs HW and has immediate support by current Linux kernel + Hardware vendor publicly releases HW docs when the product ships, or even later + This enables the community to support/integrate the driver with new interfaces + It also enables the community to support hardware post EOL, at a point where the HW vendor + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Linux driver development model, good case timeline #2 + + + Hardware vendor releases HW documentation during HW R&D or no later than the product start shipping + Somebody in the Linux development community might be interested in writing a driver + in his spare time because of technical interest in the HW + as a paid contractor by the HW vendor + In such cases it helps if the HW vendor provides free samples to trustworthy developers + That driver is very likely to get merged mainline + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Why submit your code mainline? + + + Quantity-wise, most users use some Linux distribution + Every version of every distribution ships a different Linux kernel version + Most end-users are not capable of compiling their own kernel/drives (but way more than you think!) + Thus, + teaming up with one (or even two, three) Linux distributions only addresses a small segment of the user base + distributing your driver independently (bundled with hardware, ...) in a way that is ready-to-use for end-users is a ton of work and almost impossible to get right + the preferred option, with the least overhead for both user and HW vendor is to merge the driver mainline. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +How to submit your code mainline? + + + The FOSS code quality requirements are _extremely_ high + It's not a surprise that Linux is generally considered much more stable than competitors + Code needs to be maintainable + Linux supports old hardware ages beyond their EOL + Thin of MCA, VLB, Decnet, IPX networking, ... + So unless you respect the development culture, your code is likely to get rejected! + Post your driver at the respective mailing lists + Release early, release often + Don't hesitate to ask for feedback and suggestions if you are not 100% sure what is the right way to implement a certain feature + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +What about other FOSS OS's + + + There are quite a number of other non-Linux FOSS OSs, among them + FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, ... + Those are not as small as you might think + FreeBSD often used for internet severs (web, mail, ...) + OpenBSD often used in high-security environments + NetBSD a little more prominent in embedded + So how does this affect a HW manufacturer + In case the OS is used in a targetted market, developing a driver might make sense + In most cases, open docuentation is all those projects need + In other cases, dual-licensing a driver (GPL+BSD) makes sense so *BSD can use code from the Linux driver + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Techncal differences + + + In the MS world, almost all interfaces are MS defined + In the Linux world, Linux is only the OS kernel + All other interfaces are specified by their respective projects + Often there are many alternatives, e.g. for graphical drivers + X.org project (X11 window server, typical desktop) + DirectFB project (popular in embedded devices like TV set-top boxes) + Qt/Embedded (popular in certain proprietary Linux-based mobile phones) + Every project has it's own culture, including but not limited to + coding style + patch submission guidelines + software license + communication methods + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 1. Much more communication + It's not a consumer/producer model, but cooperative! + Before you start implementation, talk to project maintainers + It's likely that someone has tried a similar thing before + It's likely that project maintainers have already an idea how to proceed with implementation + Avoid later hazzles when you want your code merged upstream + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 2. Interfaces + If there is a standard interface, use it + If insufficient: Don't invent new interfaces, try to extend existing ones + If there is an existing interface in a later (e.g. development) release upstream, backport that interface + Don't be afraid to touch API's if they're inefficient + Remember, you have the source and _can_ change them + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 3. Merge your code upstream + Initially you basically have to create a fork + Development of upsteram project continues sometimes at high speed + If you keep it out of tree for too long time, conflicts arise + Submissions might get rejected in the first round + Cleanups needed, in coordination with upstream project + Code will eventually get merged + No further maintainance needed for synchronization between your contribution and the ongoing upstream development + Don't be surprised if your code won't be accepted if you didn't discuss it with maintainers upfront and they don't like your implementation + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 4. Write portable code + don't assume you're on 32bit CPU + don't assume you're on little endian + if you use assembly optimized code, put it in a self-contained module + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 5. Binary-only software will not be accepted + yes, there are corner cases like FCC regulation on softradios + but as a general rule of thumb, the community will not consider object code as a solution to any problem + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 6. Avoid fancy business models + If you ship the same hardware with two different drivers (half featured and full-featured), any free software will likely make full features available on that hardware. + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + + 7. Show your support for the Community + By visibly contributing to the project + discussions + code + equipment + By funding developer meetings + By making rebated hardware offers to developers + By contracting / sponsoring / hiring developers from the community + + + +%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% +%page +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Thanks + + Please share your questions and doubts now! + + Please contact me at any later point, if you have questions + + I'm here to help understand Linux and Open Source! + + HaraldWelte@viatech.com + laforge@gnumonks.org + hwelte@hmw-consulting.de +%center +Thanks for your Attention diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/how_and_why.pdf b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/how_and_why.pdf Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f18668 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/how_and_why.pdf diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/index.html 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+Collaborative Software Development + + +How do projects communicate internally +Very rarely in physical meetings (people live too far apart) +Very rarely in phone conferences (people live in different timezones) +It's almost entirely text-based (e-mails, sometimes chat system) + +Mailing Lists +Usually every project has at least one list +Often there are separate lists for developers and users +Participation in the mailing list (reading and posting) open to anyone + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00015.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00015.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2b7f6c --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00015.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00015.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00014.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00016.html>[next>]</A> <A 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maintainer +he has the final say in what is accepted or not +larger projects have 'subsystem maintainers' with delegated authority +so quite often, the structure is more hierarchical than people believe +rough concensus and running code + + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00016.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00016.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6244454 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00016.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00016.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00015.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00017.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 16: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00016.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 16"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> 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Why not binary-only drivers +because every distribution has a different base kernel revision +because every distribution can change their kernel version e.g. as part of a security update +users will end up in incompatibility nightmare +so please, don't do it. 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Much more communication +It's not a consumer/producer model, but cooperative! +Before you start implementation, talk to project maintainers +It's likely that someone has tried a similar thing before +It's likely that project maintainers have already an idea how to proceed with implementation +Avoid later hazzles when you want your code merged upstream + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..13548ff --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00032.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00031.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 32: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00032.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 32"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69f7ee --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b89c21 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00032.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + +2. Interfaces +If there is a standard interface, use it +If insufficient: Don't invent new interfaces, try to extend existing ones +If there is an existing interface in a later (e.g. development) release upstream, backport that interface +Don't be afraid to touch API's if they're inefficient +Remember, you have the source and _can_ change them + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5e1194 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00032.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00034.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 33: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00033.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 33"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9992bf --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ade7eb --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00033.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + +3. Merge your code upstream +Initially you basically have to create a fork +Development of upsteram project continues sometimes at high speed +If you keep it out of tree for too long time, conflicts arise +Submissions might get rejected in the first round +Cleanups needed, in coordination with upstream project +Code will eventually get merged +No further maintainance needed for synchronization between your contribution and the ongoing upstream development +Don't be surprised if your code won't be accepted if you didn't discuss it with maintainers upfront and they don't like your implementation + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c10da6c --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00034.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00033.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 34: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00034.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 34"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2460e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c57b356 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00034.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + +4. 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Binary-only software will not be accepted +yes, there are corner cases like FCC regulation on softradios +but as a general rule of thumb, the community will not consider object code as a solution to any problem + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c0155fc --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00036.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00035.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00037.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 36: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00036.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 36"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d21a5f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eca6907 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00036.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + +6. Avoid fancy business models +If you ship the same hardware with two different drivers (half featured and full-featured), any free software will likely make full features available on that hardware. + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d4931c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00037.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00036.html>[<prev]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[next>]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.html>[last>>]</A> +<BR>Page 37: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00037.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 37"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c63b25 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d84c50e --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00037.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Practical Rules + +7. Show your support for the Community +By visibly contributing to the project +discussions +code +equipment +By funding developer meetings +By making rebated hardware offers to developers +By contracting / sponsoring / hiring developers from the community + + + diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.html b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8f51709 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.html @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD><TITLE>MagicPoint presentation foils</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<A HREF="index.html">[index]</A> <A HREF=mgp00038.txt>[text page]</A> <A HREF=mgp00001.html>[<<start]</A> <A HREF=mgp00037.html>[<prev]</A> [next>] [last>>] +<BR>Page 38: How and why to work with the Linux kernel community<BR> +<HR> +<IMG SRC="mgp00038.png" WIDTH=1024 HEIGHT=768 ALT="Page 38"><BR> +<HR>Generated by <A HREF="http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/">MagicPoint</A> +</BODY></HTML> diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.png b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8a4d77 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.png diff --git a/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.txt b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06032e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/2008/how_and_why_kernel-fht2008/html/mgp00038.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +How and why to work with the Linux kernel community +Thanks + +Please share your questions and doubts now! + +Please contact me at any later point, if you have questions + +I'm here to help understand Linux and Open Source! + +HaraldWelte@viatech.com +laforge@gnumonks.org +hwelte@hmw-consulting.de +Thanks for your Attention |
