Hello, On Thu, Nov 29, 2018, 22:20 [email protected] <[email protected] wrote:
> On 11/29/2018 09:02 AM, Arthur Heymans wrote: > > Hi > > > > It has been a few years since coreboot (or flashrom) applied for Google > > Summer Of Code. In 2019 the applications for organizations open on > > january 2019 and student applications on March 25. > > > > I think it would be great if the coreboot project could apply in 2019, > > as doing so has been very valuable for the project in the past. > > > > I don't really know the full set of requirements and procedures, but I > > think it could be worthwhile to start thinking about project ideas. > > > > A few ideas were already suggested on IRC on freenode #coreboot: > > - 64bit x86 ramstage (hard) > > - documented microcode update methods and write a tool that generates a > > webpage which microcodes are included in coreboot (easy) > > - nvidea optimus support (medium) > > - QEMU power9 support / initial openpower support (hard I guess?) > > IMO not worth it since TALOS 2/Blackbird already have owner controlled > open source firmware directly from the factory so do various other > OpenPOWER machines. > Do you refer to only the last point (qemu POWER9) or the whole quoted text? Timothy Pearson expressed interest in getting coreboot on POWER9, and gave a few reasons: - Speed: coreboot will be faster - DDR4: coreboot devs can see how DDR4 bringup is done - coreboot can be in some other device than just old stuff / chromedevices. Best regards, Angel Pons
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