Google Summer of Code

[Ron McDowell]

Erik Sallmann wrote:
> Hi,
> I posted this already on embedded at . I hope I can find someone who can
> give me some advice on this list.
> I'm a student at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg,
> Germany. I'm studying computer engineering and would like to
> participate in gsoc2011.
> I'm especially interested in your embedded project of creating a "NAND
> Flash driver support". Originally, I wanted to apply at the NetBSD
> Project and suggest to port it to a new plattform (SheevaPlug). But as
> I've seen there's already a lot of code in the CVS and as it's not
> possible to run any of the BSDs from flash, I would like to apply for
> this project. It would still be a necessary contribution to the efforts
> of porting them to the SheevaPlug.
> I would like to discuss this Project in my diploma thesis.
> So what i need to know is whether it's still an undone task and whether
> it would be enough work to cover it in a thesis. And as I've already
> written to "imp" and he told me that he doesn't have time this year, i
> would be very grateful if someone could be my mentor. :-)
>
> Kind regards
>
> Erik
>   

Hi Erik, I'm afraid I wouldn't be much of a mentor but I will be 
cheering from the sidelines and happy to beta anything you come up 
with.  This would be a big plus for all the BSDs.  I have an original 
Sheeva that I had a tftp+nfs version of FreeBSD running on, that's 
available for testing.  As soon as I find it again, that is...now which 
drawer did I stuff that thing in... :)

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Ron McDowell
San Antonio TX