For a long time, I’ve wanted to make writing blog posts a regular thing about what I’m doing in the open-source world. Recently, I got inspired by Rodrigo Siqueira and Emmanuel Arias. I remember Siqueira doing something similar a while back, and I found the idea of a status update really interesting. I also saw some of Emmanuel’s LinkedIn posts where he shares what he’s been working on each month, and it hit me, this is actually a great way to track progress and stay motivated, and keep grinding.

Well, after spending the last few months studying and contributing to kworkflow as part of Google Summer of Code 2024 under the Linux Foundation, it’s time to catalog all the contributions made during this period. I can confidently say that this experience has been extremely enriching and has significantly advanced my development skills.

The kw build command is a versatile tool that encompasses everything related to building and managing Linux kernel images. It supports various options, such as displaying build information, invoking kernel menuconfig, enabling ccache, adjusting CPU usage during compilation, saving logs, and using the LLVM toolchain. Additionally, it provides options for cleaning the build environment, customizing CFLAGS, and compiling specific commits. The command also offers alert notifications and verbose mode for detailed debugging information.

The kw-ssh is a feature in kworkflow that simplifies remote access to machines via SSH. It allows you to execute commands or bash scripts on a remote machine easily. Additionally, this feature supports file and directory transfer between local and remote machines.

Integration tests are designed to verify that different modules of a system work together as expected. They ensure that the interaction between components occurs seamlessly and that the system functions correctly as a whole.

In the final moments of the MiniDebconf in Belo Horizonte that I attended back in April, as I was heading to the airport to go back home, a notification popped up on my phone: I had been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2024. It was a surreal and incredibly exciting moment.