On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Clemens Koller wrote:
shaneed cm schrieb:Hi,Just for an example:
This is a request for Linux kernel related project ideas.
I am Computer Science Engineering final year student. We have to do
a project of one year duration . I formed a group of two and we
decided to do a project in Linux kernel. Our interests are in Virtual
memory management, file system, process scheduling and load balancing
in Linux clusters. Last year we did a study of Linux's page
replacement mechanism. As I am not experienced as you people, please
suggest me some ideas.
Checkout what filesystem / caching / scheduling policy is most
suitable for Solid State PATA/SATA Flashdisks and write / modify
a kernel scheduler to support it.
i'm not sure that it's appropriate for LKML folks to be giving anyone
suggestions for projects. the eventual choice of project should be
based on what *shaneed* wants, not what other people tell him he
should be doing.
I agree that "pick something interesting, useful or not" is a part of the academic process, but I would never imply that it was a desirable thing. Asking for areas where work would be useful seems like valid research to me.
in addition, sometimes part of the work involved in a school project
involves doing enough research to just make the *choice*. what
shaneed is asking is that others do that work for him. IMHO, he
should be told politely but firmly that selecting a topic is *his*
problem. that's just part of the academic process.