[coreboot] How long will take to add coreboot support for my motherboard? Please, expert roughly estimation needed.

[Anders Jenbo]

Den 17-05-2011 10:41, Андрей Клаус skrev:
>
> Hello everybody,
>
> I'm thinking about porting coreboot to my motherboard (epox 9NPA3I / 
> 9NPA3J / 9NPAJ-3 / 9NPA3 Ultra Series). My chipset (CK804) and my 
> superio (F71872F/FG) are in supported list. According to this page 
> (http://www.coreboot.org/Support) port "might be easy" (exactly: "If 
> you find those in our list of Supported Chipsets and Devices 
> <http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices> a port might 
> be easy").
>
> I need roughlyestimation for "easy" to decide is it possible for me to 
> port coreboot or not (in time-consuming terms). So, is "easy" up to 8 
> hours for coreboot expert, or is it up to 40 hours for coreboot 
> expert? Will be great if you could give me estimation for 'worst' and 
> 'best' variant.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Andrey
>
It took me less then 8 hours to make my first port, and I'm not even a C 
programmer, mine was a best case senario as there was a sibling board 
already ported. I have also ported some where just the component where 
supported, that didn't take to long either, probably 7-10 hours.

Working on a board where only legacy code and docs are available I have 
probably spend around 12 hours to get to ram init.

I think the key to sussess is to have an easy way to reflash the bios 
when your image failes.

-Anders
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