Jeremy Soller has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/39455 )
Change subject: Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md: add resource allocation project ......................................................................
Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md: add resource allocation project
Change-Id: I278ee622be2ab4a3d26bd5a180e7471236a828b8 --- M Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/55/39455/1
diff --git a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md index 2c621f4..4198501 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md +++ b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md @@ -184,3 +184,15 @@
### Mentors * TODO + +## Implement 64-bit resource allocation +Currently the coreboot allocator is limited to 32-bit allocation, which can be +problematic for systems with a large number of memory-mapped devices, or +devices with large memory regions, or hot-pluggable buses. + +### Requirements +* Understand the basics of PCI resource allocation, and be willing to learn + more about coreboot's resource allocation. + +### Mentors +* Jeremy Soller jeremy@system76.com