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

[Андрей Клаус]

I see, thank you very much.

2011/5/17 Peter Stuge <peter at stuge.se>

> Vikram Narayanan wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Seems quite inspirational to the people who wanted to port for new
> > boards.
> > @ Stefan: Can you please share your opinions on this?
>
> The time required of course depends on many factors. In general
> terms, these are:
>
> 1. Ability to understand or learn C and programming languages in
>   general, and hardware structure.
> 2. Hardware differences.
> 3. How much similar code there already exists in coreboot.
> 4. How readable the code is that does exist in coreboot and is
>   relevant for the project.
>
> In concrete terms, they are:
>
> 1. Programming and electronics experience, and abstract thinking
> 2. How similar your mainboard is to another already supported
>   mainboard.
> 3. If *any* similar mainboard is already supported by coreboot.
>   By similar I mean exact same relevant components; cpu north south
>   superio.
> 4. Quality of coreboot code for cpu north south superio.
>
> These are just the factors to consider *when all components are
> supported already*. In ideal circumstances a board port needs to take
> only one hour. In reality, circumstances are never ideal and the time
> needed per board grows exponentially or even steeper still with the
> number of less than ideal points to consider.
>
> Worst case is so far 8-12 man-months for a coreboot expert.
>
>
> //Peter
>
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