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.