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On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 07:57:36AM -0700, Adrien Joel wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm a 4th year Computer Science Student, and I'd like to
> help with the h1940 port effort.
great!
> This is the first open source project I have been involved
> in, and I'm not sure where to start.
well, at the beginning ;)
> I'm just now learning how to write Linux drivers, and I am
> becoming more familiar with the internals of Linux.
good idea! keep on this track ...
> I'm waiting for a replacement AC adapter for my h1940,
> and I'll start by attempting to boot Linux on this device.
hmm, don't get the relation here, but 'so be it!'
> I'm not sure what there is to do on this project, but I
> would like to begin working on the port effort.
any help is appreciated, there is much to do actually
both in kernel as well as in user space ...
> Please let me know where help is needed, but bear in mind
> my expertise with Linux kernel programming is limited.
maybe you should have a look at what's there first
and then do a little kernel booting to get used to
this stuff (on the iPAQ of course)
> I can write POSIX programs easily, and I like playing with Qt.
hmm, guess Qt might be a little too heavy for the
iPAQ, but look at Familiar and related projects ...
> I'm at an advanced level in C, and intermediate at C++.
sounds good to me ...
> I'm just now learning the x86 assembler language, and
x86 assembler will not help much, iPAQ is arm, but
nevertheless getting used to assembler can be very
useful ...
> reading books on the 2.6 kernel and module development.
this sounds right on topic.
> Thanks all, and I look forward to working on the h1940 port effort!
I'd suggest visiting the relevant pages (if not already
done so) and then showing up at the irc channel, where
developers and users have a chat, now and then ...
cya around,
Herbert
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