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| Please see the [https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/ Outreachy homepage] for an introduction to the program. | Please see the [[https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/|Outreachy homepage]] for an introduction to the program. |
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| We are looking for round 10 [:OutreachySponsor:funding sponsors] and Linux kernel [:OutreachyMentor:mentors]. Please see the linked FAQ pages if you want to help out. | The application period for '''Round 16''' will start in mid February, 2018. It's too early to send patches to the outreachy kernel mailing list, but please consider working through the other parts of the tutorial if you are interested in applying. |
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| Welcome Outreachy applicants! Our [:OutreachySponsor:round 10 sponsors] have generiously donated funds for internships for women, genderqueer, genderfluid, or genderfree people, and alumni from the [http://ascendproject.org/ Ascend Project] to work on the Linux kernel. The kernel is the most basic layer of the Linux operating system. It encompasses many things: hardware drivers, filesystems, security, task scheduling, and much more. | We are looking for round 16 [[OutreachySponsor|funding sponsors]] and Linux kernel [[OutreachyMentor|mentors]]. Please see the linked FAQ pages if you want to help out. Welcome Outreachy applicants! Our [[OutreachySponsor|round 15 sponsors]] have generiously donated funds for internships for women, genderqueer, genderfluid, or genderfree people, and residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander to work on the Linux kernel. The kernel is the most basic layer of the Linux operating system. It encompasses many things: hardware drivers, filesystems, security, task scheduling, and much more. '''News''' This year, we ask that you send all patches to the appropriate staging driver maintainers, as well as to the outreachy mailing list. See [[FirstKernelPatch#submit+a+patch|Submit a patch]] for more information. '''For IIO patches, be sure to send them to linux-iio@vger.kernel.org''' |
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| The application period for Outreachy Round 10 is February 17 to March 24. Please fill our your [https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Application_Process initial application] by March 24, and complete your initial kernel patch by March 24. Applicants that do not complete the first patch will not be considered for an internship. Please take a look at our [:OutreachyApply:application FAQ] for more info on how to fill our your initial application. | The application period for Outreachy Round 16 is February 12 to March 22. Please fill your [[https://outreachy.gnome.org/|application]] by '''March 22''', and complete your kernel patch by '''March 22''' also (7pm UTC in both cases). Applicants that do not complete the first patch will not be considered for an internship. Please take a look at our [[OutreachyApply|application FAQ]] for more info on how to fill out your application. |
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| * Join the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/outreachy-kernel outreachy-kernel mailing list] * Join the #opw IRC channel on irc.gnome.org |
* Join the [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/outreachy-kernel|outreachy-kernel mailing list]] * Join the #outreachy IRC channel on irc.gnome.org |
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| * Read our [:OutreachyApply:instructions for applying], and apply by March 24. * Use our [:Outreachyfirstpatch:tutorial] to send in your first kernel patch by March 24. |
* Read our [[OutreachyApply|instructions for applying]], and apply by March 22. * Use our [[Outreachyfirstpatch|tutorial]] to send in your first kernel patch by March 22. |
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| Some projects may have small tasks you can complete as part of the application process. '''Do not''' start on these tasks until after you complete the [:Outreachyfirstpatch:first patch tutorial] and Greg Kroah-Hartman has accepted at least ten of your cleanup patches and two of your patchsets. In order to ensure applicants aren't working on the same task, we need your help in coordinating who is working on what task. Please see the [:OutreachyTasks:Outreachy tasks page] for details before starting on a task! | Some projects may have small tasks you can complete as part of the application process. '''Do not''' start on these tasks until after you complete the [[Outreachyfirstpatch|first patch tutorial]] and Greg Kroah-Hartman has accepted at least ten of your cleanup patches and two of your patchsets. In order to ensure applicants aren't working on the same task, we need your help in coordinating who is working on what task. Please see the [[OutreachyTasks|Outreachy tasks page]] for details before starting on a task! |
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| = Round 10 projects = | = Round 16 projects = Previous projects, from round 15 projects are available [[OutreachyRound15|here]]. For each project, if you click on the proposer's name, you may find more information. |
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| More coming soon. Round 9 projects are available [:OPWRound9: here]. For each project, if you click on the proposer's name, you may find more information. | == Migrate NAND driver to new exec_op framework == |
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| == Coccinelle == | ''Mentor:'': [[ Eze Garcia|]] |
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| ''Mentor:'': [:JuliaLawall:Julia Lawall] | === Major task === |
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| [http://coccinelle.lip6.fr Coccinelle] is a program matching and transformation tool for C code that has been used extensively in contributing to the Linux kernel, for both code evolutions and bug fixes. Coccinelle is driven by specifications, known as semantic patches, that use a notation based on C code, and are this fairly easy to develop. Around 40 semantic patches are included with the Linux kernel source code, in scripts/coccinelle, and are used in the continuous testing service provided by Intel. | Recently, a new NAND framework called "exec_op" was introduced, which sends specific NAND operations to a device, via a single ->exec_o() callback. |
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| The use of out of date APIs is confusing for people who need to understand the code, and requires the maintenance of excess code. The goal of this project is to use Coccinelle to replace out of date API uses in the Linux kernel with more modern equivalents. | Its goal is to ease the support of complex NAND controllers, while also supporting legacy devices. In other words, it's meant to eventually replace ->cmd_ctrl(), ->cmdfunc() and ->read/write_byte/word/buf() hooks. Currently, a few drivers have been already converted, and others are in the process of being converted. However, many drivers will remain to be converted, some conversions being more complex than others. The goal of this project is to convert one or more NAND device drivers, removing the ->cmd_ctrl() uses and use ->exec_op() instead. |
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| == Media Controller Virtual Driver == | The selected intern will learn generic skills on Linux device drivers development. Also, they will learn specific skills about NAND technology, general MTD support in Linux and the new NAND framework. |
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| ''Mentor:'': [:LaurentPinchart:Laurent Pinchart] | === Small tasks === |
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| The media subsystem has a kernel [http://lwn.net/Articles/607160/ driver] that emulates a V4L device in order to allow testing userspace applications without requiring hardware. We are, however, missing a driver that would emulate a [http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-dvb-apis/media_controller.html Media Controller] device. Such a driver would be very useful to test handling of complex media pipelines in userspace applications. | Do not start on these tasks until after you complete the Linux kernel first patch tutorial (https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch) and Greg Kroah-Hartman has accepted at least ten of your cleanup patches and two of your patchsets. |
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| The goal of this project is to create a virtual Media Controller driver. No access to hardware is needed to perform this task, although a USB camera [http://ideasonboard.org/uvc/faq/#faq1 compatible with the USB Video Class] could be useful to first experiment with the Media Controller API. | The NAND subsystem does not seem to have many small tasks that applicants can engage. We propose to work generic cleanups (i.e. printk to pr_{} conversion), focused in the MTD and NAND subsystems. |
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| == Modernize Linux Wireless drivers == | == nftables == ''Mentor:'': [[pablo|Pablo Neira Ayuso]] |
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| ''Mentor'': [:JesSorensen: Jes Sorensen] | nftables provides a replacement for the very popular {ip,ip6,arp,eb}tables tools. nftables reuses most of the Netfilter components such as the existing hooks, connection tracking system, NAT, userspace queueing, logging among many other features. So we have only replaced the packet classification framework. nftables comes with a new userspace utility ''nft'' and the low-level userspace library ''libnftnl''. The goal will be to help finish the translation layer software that converts from the iptables syntax to nftables, complete some simple missing features and fixing bugs whenever possible. |
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| The Linux wireless (WiFi) stack has migrated from the old obsolete WEXT API to the modern cfg80211/nl80211 API. The old WEXT API has been marked deprecated for years, but unfortunately a couple of drivers are still using it, making it impossible to remove the old code. | If you are interested in this project then: |
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| The goal of this project is to complete the conversion of the Orinoco wireless driver from using the WEXT API and make it a good cfg80211 citizen. | * Install a fresh Linux kernel, from git sources, and latest git snapshots for libmnl, libnftnl and nftables. You can find more information on how to set up your enviroment at wiki.nftables.org. * Make sure you understand basic operational of nftables, read existing documentation. * Once you're fully set up, you got basic understanding of the tooling and everything is working on your side, then contact the mentor to request for an initial task. |
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| == Full Dynamic Ticks == ''Mentors'': [:Frederic Weisbecker: Frederic Weisbecker], [:Preeti U Murthy: Preeti U Murthy] CPUs have to be interrupted through periodic timers to initiate tasks such as update of CPUs'load and runtime of tasks, perform preemption of running tasks if necessary and load balancing to even out system wide load. But when CPUs are idle, none of these tasks is required to be performed as there is no load on them. So periodic timer interrupts can be stopped on idle CPUs. This improves power efficiency of the kernel to a good extent. Thus an infrastructure called "Tickless Idle" which disables periodic timer interrupts when CPUs are idle, was added to the 2.6.21 release of the Linux kernel. However some users required that periodic timer interrupts be disabled even on CPUs running single tasks. Typically high performance workloads (HPC) and real time tasks are performance critical and require to be run undisturbed as far as possible. For the benefit of such tasks, the Full Dynamic Ticks infrastructure was added to the 3.10 release of the Linux kernel. The goal of Full Dynamic Ticks is to enable CPUs to run in tickless mode as long as they are running single tasks. As a consequence it manages to isolate such CPUs to run performance critical user tasks without interruptions from the kernel. Over the months much effort has gone into making this stable. However there is more work to be done. The goal of this project is to tackle specific issues that are currently in way of running CPUs in Full Dynamic Tick mode effectively. == IIO dummy driver == ''Mentors'': [:DanielBaluta: Daniel Baluta], [:OctavianPurdila: Octavian Purdila] The Industrial I/O subsystem is intended to provide support for devices that in some sense are analog to digital or digital to analog converters. Some devices that fall in this category are: accelerometers, gyroscopes, light sensors, etc. Linux staging already holds a dummy IIO driver which is very useful as documentation on how to write a driver. Also it is very useful for testing user space code and rapidly prototyping new interfaces. The goal of this project is to move IIO dummy driver out of staging. The major challenge in order to make this ready is interrupt emulation. The way evgen module generates interrupts greatly restricts their use and is far from clean. There is also work on the device creation part. Current approach where we use a module parameter controlling how many instances are created it's pretty ugly. Last thing we need to add support for more devices, allowing userspace applications to do smoke testing without have the actual hardware. |
For more information on nftables, please check: http://wiki.nftables.org |
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| * Join the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/outreachy-kernel outreachy-kernel mailing list] * Join the #opw IRC channel on irc.gnome.org |
* Join the [[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/outreachy-kernel|outreachy-kernel mailing list]] * Join the #outreachy IRC channel on irc.gnome.org |
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| * Read our [:OutreachyApply:instructions for applying], and apply by October 31. * Use our [:Outreachyfirstpatch:tutorial] to send in your first kernel patch by October 31. * After you have sent several cleanup patches and at least one patchset, choose a [:OutreachyTasks:small task] to complete. |
* Read our [[OutreachyApply|instructions for applying]], and apply by March 30. * Use our [[Outreachyfirstpatch|tutorial]] to send in your first kernel patch by March 30. * After you have 10 cleanup patches and at least two patchsets, choose some [[OutreachyTasks|small tasks]] to complete. |
Outreachy (formerly FOSS Outreach Program for Women (OPW) and Project Ascend Alumni)
Please see the Outreachy homepage for an introduction to the program.
The application period for Round 16 will start in mid February, 2018. It's too early to send patches to the outreachy kernel mailing list, but please consider working through the other parts of the tutorial if you are interested in applying.
We are looking for round 16 funding sponsors and Linux kernel mentors. Please see the linked FAQ pages if you want to help out.
Welcome Outreachy applicants! Our round 15 sponsors have generiously donated funds for internships for women, genderqueer, genderfluid, or genderfree people, and residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander to work on the Linux kernel. The kernel is the most basic layer of the Linux operating system. It encompasses many things: hardware drivers, filesystems, security, task scheduling, and much more.
News This year, we ask that you send all patches to the appropriate staging driver maintainers, as well as to the outreachy mailing list. See Submit a patch for more information. For IIO patches, be sure to send them to linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
How to apply
The application period for Outreachy Round 16 is February 12 to March 22. Please fill your application by March 22, and complete your kernel patch by March 22 also (7pm UTC in both cases). Applicants that do not complete the first patch will not be considered for an internship. Please take a look at our application FAQ for more info on how to fill out your application.
If you are interested in being a Linux kernel intern, please:
Join the outreachy-kernel mailing list
- Join the #outreachy IRC channel on irc.gnome.org
- Join the #kernel-outreachy IRC channel on irc.oftc.net
Read our instructions for applying, and apply by March 22.
Use our tutorial to send in your first kernel patch by March 22.
Participating Linux kernel projects
Applicants for all projects should have basic experience with C or C++ and boolean algebra. Optionally, we would love it if you have basic operating system knowledge, know your way around a Linux/UNIX command line, and/or know the revision system called git. Please note that these three skills can be learned during the internship.
Some projects may have small tasks you can complete as part of the application process. Do not start on these tasks until after you complete the first patch tutorial and Greg Kroah-Hartman has accepted at least ten of your cleanup patches and two of your patchsets. In order to ensure applicants aren't working on the same task, we need your help in coordinating who is working on what task. Please see the Outreachy tasks page for details before starting on a task!
Round 16 projects
Previous projects, from round 15 projects are available here. For each project, if you click on the proposer's name, you may find more information.
Migrate NAND driver to new exec_op framework
Mentor:: Eze Garcia
Major task
Recently, a new NAND framework called "exec_op" was introduced, which sends specific NAND operations to a device, via a single ->exec_o() callback.
Its goal is to ease the support of complex NAND controllers, while also supporting legacy devices. In other words, it's meant to eventually replace ->cmd_ctrl(), ->cmdfunc() and ->read/write_byte/word/buf() hooks. Currently, a few drivers have been already converted, and others are in the process of being converted. However, many drivers will remain to be converted, some conversions being more complex than others. The goal of this project is to convert one or more NAND device drivers, removing the ->cmd_ctrl() uses and use ->exec_op() instead.
The selected intern will learn generic skills on Linux device drivers development. Also, they will learn specific skills about NAND technology, general MTD support in Linux and the new NAND framework.
Small tasks
Do not start on these tasks until after you complete the Linux kernel first patch tutorial (https://kernelnewbies.org/Outreachyfirstpatch) and Greg Kroah-Hartman has accepted at least ten of your cleanup patches and two of your patchsets.
The NAND subsystem does not seem to have many small tasks that applicants can engage. We propose to work generic cleanups (i.e. printk to pr_{} conversion), focused in the MTD and NAND subsystems.
nftables
Mentor:: Pablo Neira Ayuso
nftables provides a replacement for the very popular {ip,ip6,arp,eb}tables tools. nftables reuses most of the Netfilter components such as the existing hooks, connection tracking system, NAT, userspace queueing, logging among many other features. So we have only replaced the packet classification framework. nftables comes with a new userspace utility nft and the low-level userspace library libnftnl. The goal will be to help finish the translation layer software that converts from the iptables syntax to nftables, complete some simple missing features and fixing bugs whenever possible.
If you are interested in this project then:
- Install a fresh Linux kernel, from git sources, and latest git snapshots for libmnl, libnftnl and nftables. You can find more information on how to set up your enviroment at wiki.nftables.org.
- Make sure you understand basic operational of nftables, read existing documentation.
- Once you're fully set up, you got basic understanding of the tooling and everything is working on your side, then contact the mentor to request for an initial task.
For more information on nftables, please check: http://wiki.nftables.org
Yeah, that sounds cool!
If you are interested in being a Linux kernel intern, please:
Join the outreachy-kernel mailing list
- Join the #outreachy IRC channel on irc.gnome.org
- Join the #kernel-outreachy IRC channel on irc.oftc.net
Read our instructions for applying, and apply by March 30.
Use our tutorial to send in your first kernel patch by March 30.
After you have 10 cleanup patches and at least two patchsets, choose some small tasks to complete.