Hello Gerhard, Thanks for the articles. I have read through them and it is a nice introductory resource.
On Tuesday 22 December 2015 02:22 AM, Gerhard Gappmeier wrote: > 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
