Hi coreboot folks! I dared to link a coreboot ramstage with, well, not only C but also some fancy Ada code. Things worked out well enough and I'd like to release the code and upstream it.
So, first question: Would it be accepted? being written in a foreign language? This code is essentially another native graphics init for Intel hardware, currently supporting eDP on Ivybridge (tested as native graphics init), and everything but VGA on Haswell/Broadwell (only tested after VBIOS ran). It's actually written in SPARK (Ada subset, with some provability extras). Some internal discussion concluded that we may release it if there is either real interest in the community to take part in further development or at least the will to review it and give feedback. As this is one of the areas where I work on nearly the same code in C and Ada, I hope for the former :) Thoughts? And here comes the disclaimer: Supporting the upstreaming of this code may result in further development in Ada (currently I only have simple device drivers in mind). I hereby wash my hands of any damage that may arise from that :P Nico -- M. Sc. Nico Huber Senior Berater SINA-Softwareentwicklung Netzwerk- & Client-Sicherheit / Network & Client Security Division Öffentliche Auftraggeber / Public Authorities secunet Security Networks AG Tel.: +49-201-5454-3635, Fax: +49-201-5454-1325 E-Mail: nico.hu...@secunet.com Mergenthalerallee 77, 65760 Eschborn, Deutschland www.secunet.com ______________________________________________________________________ Sitz: Kronprinzenstraße 30, 45128 Essen, Deutschland Amtsgericht Essen HRB 13615 Vorstand: Dr. Rainer Baumgart (Vors.), Thomas Pleines Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dr. Peter Zattler ______________________________________________________________________ -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
