Outreachy (formerly FOSS Outreach Program for Women (OPW) and Project Ascend Alumni)

Please see the [https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/ Outreachy homepage] for an introduction to the program.

We are looking for round 11 [: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 11 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.

How to apply

The application period for Outreachy Round 11 is September 29 to November 2. Please fill your [https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#Application_Process application] by November 2, and complete your kernel patch by November 2 also (7pm UTC on both dates). 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.

If you are interested in being a Linux kernel intern, please:

• 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 #kernel-outreachy IRC channel on irc.oftc.net

• Read our [:OutreachyApply:instructions for applying], and apply by November 2.

• Use our [:Outreachyfirstpatch:tutorial] to send in your first kernel patch by November 2.

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 [: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!

Round 11 projects

Round 10 projects are available [:OutreachyRound10:here]. For each project, if you click on the proposer's name, you may find more information.

ADXL377 Triple Axis Accelerometer IIO driver

Mentor:: [:OctavianPurdila:Octavian Purdila], [:DanielBaluta:Daniel Baluta]

A driver allows applications to communicate and control hardware devices. Each development cycle, driver changes account for more than a half of the total Linux kernel code changes.

The goal of this project is to write a driver for Analog Devices ADXL377 triple axis accelerometer using the Industrial I/O interface. In the first part of the project you will get familiar with the hardware and the IIO then implement raw readings from the device. After upstreaming the code we will enhance the driver with support for buffered readings, power management and interrupts.

We will provide you the hardware setup necessary to test the driver.

Staging driver cleanup

Mentor:: [:GregKH:Greg Kroah-Hartman]

This project will dive into a few specific drivers in the staging tree, doing more than just basic code formatting cleanup. The goal will be to help change the code to make it acceptable for merging into the "real" portion of the kernel. If possible, hardware will be provided for the code being worked on.

nftables

Mentor:: [:pablo: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.

For more information on nftables, please check: http://wiki.nftables.org

Ceph-related kernel code cleanup

The Ceph project implements a scalable and fault-tolerant network based storage system. Portions of Ceph reside in the Linux kernel, presenting either a block device or a file system interface backed by Ceph storage accessed over the network.

This project involves doing cleanup of the Ceph-related kernel code. The work will range from very easy fixes (like typo's and coding style) to more more substantive (refactoring functions and source files). Typically this kind of work identifies bugs as well, and if so those will be fixed (or at least documented).

Mentor:: [:AlexElder:Alex Elder]

Project

Mentor:: [:WikiName:Mentor names]

Brief project description.

Yeah, that sounds cool!

If you are interested in being a Linux kernel intern, please:

• 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 #kernel-outreachy IRC channel on irc.oftc.net

• Read our [:OutreachyApply:instructions for applying], and apply by November 2.

• Use our [:Outreachyfirstpatch:tutorial] to send in your first kernel patch by November 2.

• After you have sent several cleanup patches and at least one patchset, choose a [:OutreachyTasks:small task] to complete.