Re: Sparc (32) kernel development.

[Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>]

On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 22:36 +0100, Chris Andrew wrote:
> Hi, all.
> 
> If I was interested in contributing to maintaining the kernel for
> sparc (32), where would be the best place to go, to get involved?  Any
> good mailing lists for kernel newbies, specific to sparc (32)?

sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
http://www.ultralinux.org/lists.html

is the main SPARC kernel mailing list, you probably also want to keep an
eye on what's going on on the LKML 

linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
http://kernel.org/

although it is fairly high traffic and you may want to read a summary
instead:

http://www.kernel-traffic.org/
http://lwn.net/Kernel/
http://www.kerneltrap.org/

there is also a dedicated kernel newbies list / site:

http://kernelnewbies.org/

(also see http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelBooks for some of the books
available)

http://www.sparc.org/

has the architecture specifications, which may be of use.

http://lxr.linux.no/source/

Is the output of LXR, which I find a very approachable interface to
browsing kernel code, although I know some prefer cscope(1).  Beyond
that I think it's a case of finding a bug, fixing it and repeating.
Personally I find the best way of learning a new piece of software is to
pick a task and start hacking.

HTH and good luck.

Cheers,
 - Martin