To get started with development you have to first understand the DRI and XFree86 architecture. You can start by reading the developer documents in the documentation section of this website.

Then you can continue by checking out the DRI CVS tree. Poke around the driver source code to find out some more about the inner workings of the DRI. There also are some text documents within the XFree86 source tree that contain useful information.

Once you feel that you have sufficient understanding of the DRI to begin coding you can start by submitting a patch. You have to submit at least one patch to get write access to our CVS. Have a look at the Sourceforge bug tracker for open issues. That is a good place to find an issue that you can fix by submitting a patch.

After you have submitted your patch you can start working on a more concrete project. Have a look at the status page or read the newsgroups for projects that need to be worked on.

Of course you don't have to submit a patch before you can work on a project. But since you wont be able to check in your work until you submit a patch it is very desirable to submit a patch first. You do want people to test your work, right?

Also, don't be shy about asking questions on the dri-devel newsgroup. The main purpose of the newsgroup is the discussion of development issues. So, feel free to ask questions.

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