As a project, I'd still like to see someone try the "serialice as bootblock" and see how it goes.
Let me explain. At the meeting in 2006, we decided it would be nice to have an "all is lost" mode wherein we'd flash a new image from the serial port. I still like this idea. I think serialice would be the foundation of this capability.
If a given mainboard could be extended to include the basic commands for flashing, then we could experiment with this model. Coreboot would need to be modified, mainly to allow it to be loaded into lower-than-top-64k, but we do this already: it's called the "normal" build.
I think all the bits are there, they just need assembly. This model would be *ideal* for me on the Dell cluster, even better than the old normal/fallback model.
Not well defined, I realize, but I'd be happy to mentor someone who wanted to give this a try.
ron