On 03/10/2019 01:19 AM, Shubhendra Singhal wrote: > Dear Sir/Ma'am, > > I am Shubhendra Pal Singhal, currently third year in Computer Science at > NIT Trichy, India. I wish to apply for Google Summer of Code. I looked into > the profile of coreboot 4.9 and found out the project idea "*Port payloads > to ARM, AArch64, MIPS or RISC-V*" to be very interesting. > > I have worked in the similar field on *RISCV architecture at IIT Madras > where I helped in porting real time OS eChronos*, on RISCV architecture. I > will be undergoing a *project in Embedded systems offered by USC Los > Angeles in solving the SAT Solvers using OS and Digital Logic*. > Furthermore, I am currently working on a *long term project with under > Prof. N.Ramasubramanium on the AI chip* where we are trying to solve the > processing speeds by efficiently reducing the number of writes in the cache > for faster access. I am also *undergoing Microcontrollers and > Microprocessors* as my core subject in my current semester and have > already* undergone > OS, Real time Systems* in my B.Tech IV semester. > I have included my further details in my Linkedin : * > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhendra-singhal-7378a9131/>https://www.linkedin.com/in/ > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/>shubhendra-singhal-7378a9131/* > > I want to contribute to the open source community in the field of Operating > Systems and this can prove to be an excellent platform for gaining > experience in field of systems. This opportunity can pave my career, > towards applied research in the field of Systems. > > *While browsing through the link, I saw the mailing list assigned for the > project. It would be very useful if you could guide me as to what is > expected in the project proposal and how can I serve the open source > community in the best possible way. *Any guidance would be very useful and > I hope to receive a reply soon. Thanking you for your time and > consideration. > > Regards > Shubhendra Pal Singhal > National Institute Of Technology, Trichy, India > Phone number : +91 9787888015 > Email-id : [email protected] > Linkedin : <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhendra-singhal-7378a9131/> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhendra-singhal-7378a9131/
Hi! This is really cool that you are from india :D I love that there are developers and power users from all over the world here. Welcome and especially as you are a skilled developer I hope you stick around :3 Yeah porting the main payloads to RISC-V (also consider OpenPOWER) is a great plan, GRUB2 and SeaBIOS are the main ones - SeaBIOS is the default and most people use that as it "just works" as a traditional "BIOS" firmware "F12" loader where the user is presented with a screen and can pick various such as booting from hdds, dvd drives, Option ROM etc. I personally suggest that while you are skilled before you dive in neck deep and start porting you should purchase an affordable coreboot device and install it such as the KCMA-D8 which is a great owner controlled open source firmware example of coreboot. _______________________________________________ coreboot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
