On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:58:54PM +0800, Hamo wrote:
Hi lists, This is a student from China who wants to apply for coreboot GSoC project. I am now studying Computer Science and Technology in Hebei University of Technology, which is a key university in China. I ardently love low-level developing. For this project, I want to do something on ARM. So I want to help finish the idea that porting coreboot to Marvell ARM SOC's with PCIe. Can someone give me some suggestions?
I don't know much and can't speak for coreboot, but have you looked at free bootloaders for ARM ? I thought coreboot was centered in x86 because it was a popular arquitecure and it usually lacks free firmware, while ARM or MIPS are most often used with free bootloaders already.
Might it be better to add PCIe (if not present) to one of those, say U-boot or something ?
What would be the advantages of porting coreboot to ARM ?