I Hatim, I also just started to dig into coreboot code in my spare time.
Beside the wiki I found this here to be in excelent article to get a basic understanding: http://lennartb.home.xs4all.nl/coreboot/coreboot.html On 12/21/2015 07:45 PM, Hatim Kanchwala wrote: > Hello! > > I am Hatim Kanchwala from India. I am a sophomore pursuing Bachelor's in > Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Patna. I > came across coreboot through the Google Summer of Code page. I am > aspiring to work with coreboot for GSoC 2016. > > To get an introduction to coreboot, to its history and its philosophy, I > read the wiki and also watched videos on YouTube, including the Google > Tech Talk by Ron Minnich, Stefan Reinauer and Peter Stuge. I have > downloaded coreboot, built the cross compiler and then built coreboot > for emulation with QEMU x86, with SeaBIOS as payload. I managed to do > this with the help of documentation from the wiki and a bit of searching > through the web and through the mailing list archives. I couldn't try > coreboot on my machine as my mainboard isn't supported (yet). Currently, > I am trying to build and test coreboot for emulation with QEMU ARM. > Unfortunately, I haven't had much progress there, but I will remain at it! > > I have taken an introductory course in the C language at my University > and a basic Digital Circuits course. I have a fair experience with Linux > and git. Please tell me how I can get started to contribute to coreboot. > I am certain that the skills and knowledge required to contribute is way > more than I currently possess, but I am a keen learner. > > Academically, I am interested in Embedded Systems and Computer > Architecture, in which I hope to pursue higher studies. I consider being > part of coreboot and contributing to it as an opportunity to learn more > about these fields and to learn about open-source development as well. > Also, I am looking forward to getting to know people and learning from them! > > You can find me on IRC (Freenode) under the nick hatim. I am already a > member of the #coreboot channel. > > Thank you for your time and help. > > Hatim > > -- > > http://hatimak.me > -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
